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Author Kukis, Mark

Title "My heart became attached" : the strange journey of John Walker Lindh / Mark Kukis
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 203 pages) : map
Contents From San Francisco to Sana'a -- Beginning of the journey -- A new kind of school -- Purity and piety on the northwest frontier -- Answering the call to arms -- The Taliban caravan -- An uncertain surrender -- Jihad's last cry -- Fame, fear, and a passage home -- The mercies of an anguished nation -- Faith and silence
Summary "What would cause an intelligent, well-educated, and, by all accounts, privileged Californian to forgo an easy life in the United States to struggle for survival in a land of strife and mortal danger? With this question in mind, journalist Mark Kukis retraces the personal and spiritual evolution of the most reviled American traitor since Lee Harvey Oswald. "My Heart Became Attached" provides a detailed biographical account of John Walker Lindh's odyssey, beginning with his time growing up in an affluent San Francisco suburb. Kukis then follows Lindh's footsteps to Yemen, where Lindh encountered radical Islam while studying Arabic, and on through the wild hinterlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The journey culminates with the violent prison uprising at Mazar-i-Sharif and ends with his military detention and criminal trial." "Searching for the truth about the enigmatic Lindh, Kukis himself traveled through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and California, seeking out everyone Lindh had crossed paths with during his own now infamous journey. While conducting research, Kukis achieved unparalleled access to major players in Lindh's life. In Pakistan, Kukis talked to militants from the terrorist group Harkat ul Mujaheddin, who trained with Lindh in a Pakistani camp. In the hardscrabble Pakistani village where Lindh studied the Koran before journeying into Afghanistan, Kukis also conducted several rounds of interviews with Lindh's closest Pakistani friend, who had initially settled him into his Islamic boarding school, with Lindh's instructor, and with fellow pupils. In Afghanistan, Kukis interviewed Taliban soldiers who fought during the prison uprising in Mazar-i-Sharif and General Dostum, warlord of the region. Ex-roommates, teachers, and friends all contributed to Kukis's research, resulting in the most thorough portrait available of the character and exploits of "the American Taliban.""--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202)
Notes Print version record
Subject Lindh, John Walker, 1981-
SUBJECT Lindh, John Walker, 1981-
Lindh, John Walker, 1981- fast
Lindh, John Walker. swd
Subject Taliban.
SUBJECT Taliban fast
Subject Terrorists -- Biography
Muslim converts from Christianity -- Biography
Americans -- Arab countries -- Biography
Americans -- Afghanistan -- Biography
Jihad.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Americans
Jihad
Muslim converts from Christianity
Terrorists
Terrorismus
Afghanistan
Arab countries
Arabische Staaten
Amerikaner.
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612342696
1612342698