Jihad! - The Secret War in Afghanistan. Tom Carew (Paperback) 2001

 JIHAD! - THE SECRET WAR IN AFGHANISTAN by Tom Carew

The British never fought the Soviet army, right? WRONG!

In 1980, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had taken over the leadership of the West and the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan; the most crucial battle of the cold war was about to begin. In the high mountain passes of the north-west Frontier and the Hindu Kush, the CIa and its Western allies saw an opportunity to bring the mighty Soviet army to its knees.

Their weapon: the Islamist guerillas of the Afghan Mujahideen. Their agent: Tom Carew, a young ex-SAS soldier with a talent for 'black bag' covert operations and a veteran of the wars in Dhofar and Northern Ireland......

Wry, perceptive and sensitive, JIHAD! is a fast-paced account of combat espionage and high adventure, against the backdrop of the last truly wild and lawless country on earth. It sheds unprecedented light on the sharp edge of the cold war and the conduct of special operations in the modern era.

 

Tom Carew was born in Dorset and served in16 Parachute Brigade and 22 SAS Regiment. He currently lives in europe.

 

A paperback published by Mainstream Publishing