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| What Went Wrong: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis . The author shows the great heights the Islamic world has fallen since 1699 and how it has tried by reform and revolution to regain power in three main areas: military, economic and political. Read the reviews and order the book from Amazon UK in Paperback or Hardback, or from Amazon USA Paperback or Hardback.
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Jihad! by Tom Carew. The account by a former SAS soldier of his training and fighting with the mujahideen during the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan. It shows what the British and American troups will be facing in Afghanistan. Read the reviews and order the book from Amazon UK in Paperback or Hardback, or from Amazon USA Hardback. | ||
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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot. This book describes the author's astounding travels in Afghanistan: his teenage experiences with the mujaheddin in their campaigns against the Soviets, and his later experiences when travelling north to war-torn Kabul.
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Trouble Spots by Andrew Duncan and Michel Opatowski. The history and reasons for the many trouble spots around the world. The book devotes an interesting and well written section explaining the troubles in Afghanistan. The book includes warnings of areas of future confrontation. To order the book from Amazon click here for UK or here for USA. | ||
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Fire by Sebastian Junger. The author's accounts of some of the world's most inhospitable and brutalised places:- Kosovo, Macedonia, Kashmir, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. To order the book from Amazon click here for UK or here for USA. | ||
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Germs: Biological Weapons & America's Secret War by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William J. Broad. Writen by three reporters from The New York Times, the book gives a dramatic account about the recent history of biological weapons and what could happen. To order the book from Amazon click here for UK or here for USA. | ||
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The SAS Survival Handbook by John Lofty Wiseman. This book shows the Special Air Service, SAS, training techniques for survival anywhere in the world under any condition on land or sea. To order the book from Amazon click here for UK or here for USA. | ||
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US Army Survival Manual by Department of Defense. How to survival anywhere, anyhow, making use of nature what you can eat, drink, use of the stars and sun for directions. The book is available from Amazon USA click here to read the reviews. | ||
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