Long Shot
My Life As a Sniper in the Fight Against ISIS
«Gripping . . . His story, elegantly told, will resonate long after the final ISIS fighter falls»
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG SHOT, he tells the inside story of how a group of activists and idealists withstood a ferocious assault and, street by street, house by house, took back their land in a victory that was to prove the turning point in the war against ISIS. Les mer
145,-
Paperback
Sendes innen 7 virkedager
In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG SHOT, he tells the inside story of how a group of activists and idealists withstood a ferocious assault and, street by street, house by house, took back their land in a victory that was to prove the turning point in the war against ISIS. By turns devastating, inspiring and lyrical, this is a unique account of modern war and of the incalculable price of victory as a few thousand men and women achieved the impossible and kept their dream of freedom alive.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781474609791
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Gripping . . . His story, elegantly told, will resonate long after the final ISIS fighter falls»
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
«A book to marvel at, learn from, and return to again and again»
John le Carré
«Simply outstanding . . . powerful»
BOOKLIST
«Profoundly affecting . . . There are horrors but also humanity - inspiration, even, alongside the tragedy. A surprisingly lyrical tribute to a much-put-upon people and to fallen comrades in arms that deserves a wide audience»
Fergal Hallahan, IRISH NEWS
«Vivid»
DAILY MIRROR
«Striking and memorable»
WALL STREET JOURNAL
«A propulsive memoir that captures the grim reality of small-scale conflict and reveals the fragmented politics of the Middle East today»
KIRKUS