{"product_id":"escape-from-kabul-the-inside-story-9781399718158","title":"Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An important account of one of the defining moments of the modern world' PETER FRANKOPAN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in military history as one of the most unexpected events in modern times. In an eerie replay of the disastrous British retreat from Kabul in 1842, coalition troops withdrew from Afghanistan after twenty years of military campaigning. The subsequent collapse of the Afghan government and its army shocked the world, as a resurgent Taliban gathered its forces and swept across the country. Thousands of Afghans who had worked with the allies were left to the meagre mercy of the Taliban. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the Taliban went door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small international task force set out on a daring mission to evacuate as many Afghans and their families as possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on a wide range of first-hand accounts - the politicians and officers who planned the trans-continental rescue, the young soldiers who were faced with the unenviable task of keeping a crowd of thousands of desperate people at bay, former interpreters and soldiers of the Afghan Special Forces who made it out - \u003ci\u003eEscape from Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e is the harrowing true story of Operation Pitting and the Kabul airlift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Levison Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399718158","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43111747616905,"sku":"9781399718158","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_59bbd23c-62ca-4520-8051-82254b339d6f.jpg?v=1730793331","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/escape-from-kabul-the-inside-story-9781399718158","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}