{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevison Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author, explorer and photographer, whose books and documentaries have won critical acclaim around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLevison's passion for adventure and discovering more about indigenous ways of life has taken him to over 100 countries. He served for several years as an Officer in the British Parachute Regiment, including an operational deployment to Afghanistan, where he fought Taliban insurgents in Helmand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeraint Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and military historian who served as an infantry soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. His war memoir \u003ci\u003eBrothers in Arms \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2019, and his co-written account \u003ci\u003eNo Way Out \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller. Geraint has also published several fiction titles, including titles with James Patterson.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892516262162,"sku":"9781399718158","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3408d6a-041b-47be-847a-3cf7e6579e89.jpg?v=1738194186","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/escape-from-kabul-the-inside-story-9781399718158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}