num_pages: 261
description: Combining personal travelogue with history Paddy Docherty chronicles the story of the Khyber Pass the gorge separating Afghanistan from Pakistan and northern India that has been the path of invasion for generations of aspiring conquerors.Docherty paints a fascinating historical portrait of mountain warriors religious visionaries artists scientists and figures from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khanand examines the Passs modern significance as a lawless region of gunsmiths drug smugglers Taliban fighters and Al Qaeda operatives. Through his own travels in this frontier region (from Pakistan through the Khyber to Kabul) Paddy Docherty brings the Passs epic history into the 21st century. 
language: English
title: The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion
publisher: Union Square Press