The Lion's Grave by Jon Lee Anderson
New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson arrived in Afghanistan to report for the magazine ten days before U.S. bombers began pounding Al Qaeda and Taliban forces. His dispatches provide an unprecedented and riveting on-the-ground account of the Afghan conflict, and his e-mails to the magazine selections of which frame the pieces here paint a vivid behind-the-scenes portrait of war journalism. From the battle for the Taliban bastion of Kunduz and the interim government's clumsy takeover of Kabul, to the search for Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora caves and the truth of Al Qaeda's assassination of charismatic Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud two days before September 11, 2001 Anderson offers an unprecedented look into the forces that shape the conflict and the players who may threaten Afghanistan's future. In the distinguished tradition of New Yorker war reporting, The Lion's Grave illuminates a region to which we will be inextricably bound for some time to come.
Anderson, Jon Lee: -
Jon Lee Anderson began working as a reporter for the Lima Times in Peru in 1979. He has for many years been a staff writer at The New Yorker, covering stories all over the globe. His books include Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World, The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afhanistan, and The Fall of Baghdad. He lives in England with his wife and three children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802117236 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802117236 |
| Title | The Lion's Grave |
| Author | Jon Lee Anderson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grove/Atlantic |
| Year published | 2002-11-09 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (Current Events) 2003 |
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