Spoils american

2. Spoils american

3. Book details
Author : Brian Van Reet
Pages : 272 pages
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Language :
ISBN-10 : 191070296X
ISBN-13 : 9781910702963

4. Synopsis book
It is the spring of 2003 and coalition forces are advancing
on Iraq. Images of a giant statue of Saddam Hussein
crashing to the ground in Baghdad are being beamed to
news channels around the world. Nineteen-year-old
Specialist Cassandra Wigheard, on her first deployment
since joining the US army two years earlier, is primed for
war.For Abu al-Hool, a jihadist since the days of the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan, war is wearing thin. Two
decades of fighting and the new wave of super-radicalised
fighters joining the ranks in the wake of the September 11
attacks have left him questioning his commitment to the
struggle.When Cassandra is taken prisoner by al-Hools
mujahideen brotherhood, both fighters will find their
loyalties tested to the very limits.This fast-paced, hard-
hitting account of eight weeks in the lives of a soldier and
her captor forces us to reconsider the simplistic narratives
of war spun by those in power. With its privileged insight
into the reality of armed

5. Spoils american
Spoils american
Detail Book
Author : Brian Van Reetq
Pages : 272 pagesq
Publisher : Jonathan Capeq
Language :q
ISBN-10 : 191070296Xq
ISBN-13 : 9781910702963q
sipnopsis Book
It is the spring of 2003 and coalition forces are advancing on Iraq. Images
of a giant statue of Saddam Hussein crashing to the ground in Baghdad are
being beamed to news channels around the world. Nineteen-year-old
Specialist Cassandra Wigheard, on her first deployment since joining the US
army two years earlier, is primed for war.For Abu al-Hool, a jihadist since
the days of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, war is wearing thin. Two
decades of fighting ? and the new wave of super-radicalised fighters joining
the ranks in the wake of the September 11 attacks ? have left him
questioning his commitment to the struggle.When Cassandra is taken
prisoner by al-Hool?s mujahideen brotherhood, both fighters will find their
loyalties tested to the very limits.This fast-paced, hard-hitting account of
eight weeks in the lives of a soldier and her captor forces us to reconsider
the simplistic narratives of war spun by those in power. With its privileged
insight into the reality of armed