WAR AGAINST THE TALIBAN: WHY IT ALL WENT WRONG IN AFGHANISTAN
Book ID/图书代码： 03848010B39315
English Summary/英文概要： Since the days of Alexander the Great, Afghanistan’s strategically significant lands have been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight almost daily the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, and British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall shines fresh light on the failure to capture Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora and - equally disastrous - American and British gullibility in the face of Pakistan’s continued tolerance of the Taliban. He asks why the reconstruction of Afghanistan has withered on the vine; and how we have allowed a Presidential style of government to concentrate power in one man’s hands, under whom - amid cronyism and corruption - the Taliban insurgency only grows ever stronger. But is it too late? Examining the emotive issue of equipment shortages, exposing the extent to which the drug trade has corrupted the country, and assessing the accusation of endemic, systemic failure within the MOD, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious, military - that face those now fighting on the most dangerous frontier in the world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自亚历山大大帝以来，阿富汗这一重要的战略基地就开始被外国侵略者争夺。今天，又一代的人们艰险地生活在这荒凉的土地上，不断上升的死亡人数将阿富汗每天战争式的日常生活拉回到聚光灯下。桑迪收集了百余次阿富汗政治家、商人和普通百姓与英国、美国和欧洲外交官、士兵的谈话，未能在托拉博拉抓到乌萨马﹒本﹒拉登，在巴基斯坦继续容忍塔利班面前，对美国和英国来说同样是灾难性的。他问道为什么阿富汗的重建如枯萎的藤蔓以及我们如何会允许政府的总统作风将权力集中在任人唯亲和腐败的个人手上——塔利班的暴动越来越强。但太晚了吗？桑迪检查了装备短缺的情绪问题，暴露了毒品交易腐蚀国家的程度，并评估地方性的指控，MOD 的系统瘫痪，强调了现在世界危险边疆上正发生的政治、宗教、军事的战争。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：让这本书之所以成为现行所有写阿富汗战争书籍中的杰作是因为桑迪对这个国家的知识以及他对人民强烈同情的程度之深。任何想要了解阿富汗正在发生着什么不能忽略这本被泰晤士文学副刊高度评价的书。自911袭击以来一本对困扰西方社会的灾难阐述得非常好的书，每日电讯报 知道阿富汗人和周日生活在苏格兰的人明显是一样的，…因为桑迪盖尔对这些人的爱,代表自己的破碎国家他的痛。多丽丝•莱辛的《阿富汗一个国家的痛苦》热情的赞扬了伊斯兰圣战者的精神，《周日快报》集中和干脆地大幅地发表了《金融时代让我想起海明威冲击》一文。
About the Author/作者介绍： 桑迪盖尔，英帝国二等勋位爵士,是一位英国记者、作家、英国独立电视台新闻节目原主持人。他当了五十多年的记者。桑迪盖尔写了几本关于阿富汗和三部苏联战争期间的纪录片(其中两个被提名为电影和电视艺术学院奖)。桑迪盖尔和他的妻子设置了桑迪盖尔阿富汗呼吁慈善机构，提供对战斗中失去了四肢者的支持。1987年Gall被授予阿拉伯劳伦斯纪念奖章,英帝国二等勋位爵士。2003年他成为了伦敦广播公司电台世界事务专家。2010年他被授予圣迈克尔及圣乔治勋章二级爵士，为阿富汗人民提供服务。他和他的妻子Eleanor Gall住在肯特郡。 Sandy Gall CBE, is a British journalist, author, and former ITN news presenter. His career as a journalist spans over fifty years. Sandy Gall has written several books about Afghanistan and made three documentaries about the country during the Soviet War (two of which were nominated for BAFTA awards). Sandy Gall and his wife also set up the Sandy Gall Afghanistan Appeal charity, which provides support to people who have lost limbs in combat. Gall was awarded the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal in 1987, and the CBE in 1987. In 2003 he became the World Affairs Expert on LBC Radio. In 2010 he was awarded the Order of St Michael and St George for services to the people of Afghanistan. He lives in Kent with his wife, Eleanor Gall.
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