The Afghan campaign
Subtitle: a novel
By: Steven Pressfield.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In words that might have been ripped from today's combat dispatches, Pressfield, novelist of ancient warfare, returns with a recreation of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 B.C., a campaign that eerily foreshadows the tactics, terrors, and frustrations of contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Narrated by Matthias, a young infantryman in Alexander's army, this book explores the challenges, both military and moral, that Alexander and his soldiers face as they embark on a new type of war and are forced to adapt to the methods of a ruthless foe that employs terror and insurgent tactics, conceals itself among the civilian populace, and recruits women and boys as combatants.--From publisher description.