The Afghan Campaign - Rilegato

Pressfield, Steven

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ISBN 10: 0385610645 ISBN 13: 9780385610643

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2007

Riassunto

Alexander the Great’s campaign in the Afghan kingdoms began in the summer of 330BC. It lasted for three brutal years and proved the most difficult he and his army ever fought... The Afghan Campaign recounts the story of this bloody and ruthless conflict from the perspective of a Macedonian recruit. The youngest of three brothers and eager to prove himself, Matthias has volunteered for Alexander's ambitious expedition into the unknown, unconquered country we now call Afghanistan. But as Matthias joins the frontline, he begins to realise that the nature of warfare for which he trained has changed. The Macedonians face a new kind of enemy – and must learn to fight a new kind of war. Experiencing fear, euphoria, horror and shame, Matthias and his comrades undergo a rite of passage as they, soldiers of a Western force whose code was secular and humanist, struggle to subjugate a fiercely proud Eastern warrior nation of deeply-held beliefs and a fervent willingness to die for their cause. Simply to survive, Alexander’s men must shake off the trappings of ‘civilization’ as they know it and adopt the same unorthodox and barbaric tactics as their foe – but at what cost? Set against the imposing, alien implacability of the Afghan landscape, this powerfully affecting, thrillingly-told novel not only demonstrates its author's profound understanding of the hopes and fears of men in battle but also has some important things to say about the nature of wars past...and present.

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Recensione:

"Pressfield's talent is awesome...All novelists set out to be entertaining, most seek to illuminate, some try to educate, and a few hope to inspire. Pressfield does all of this and more. The Afghan Campaign is an extraordinary work, an instant classic." (David Gemmell)

"No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan war that was waged by Alexander the Great over 2,000 years ago is eerily similar to the one that is being fought today." (Vince Flynn)

"An impressive scholar and gifted storyteller, Steven Pressfield is the finest military writer alive, bar none." (Stephen Coonts)

"Masterful and thrilling...insightful and timely." (W.E.B. Griffin)

Descrizione del libro:

Thrilling historical novel evoking the madness, mayhem and sheer God-awfulness of Alexander the Great's campaign in Afghanistan - a timeless tale of men at war.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0385610645
• ISBN 13: 9780385610643
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336