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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:"My Heart Became Attached": The Strange Odyssey of John Walker Lindhby Mark Kukis
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:What would cause an otherwise 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 journey, beginning with his childhood in an affluent San Francisco suburb. Kukis then follows Lindh's footsteps to Yemen, where he learned Arabic and radical Islam, and on through the wild hinterlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The journey culminates with the violent prison uprising at Mazar-i-Sharif.
While conducting research, Kukis achieved unparalleled access to major players in Lindh's life. In Pakistan, Kukis found the militants from the jihad group that trained with Lindh in a Pakistani camp. Kukis also conducted several rounds of interviews with Lindh's friend who initially settled him in an Islamic boarding school, with Lindh's instructor there, and with fellow pupils in the hardscrabble Pakistani village where he studied the Koran before journeying into Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Kukis interviewed Taliban soldiers who fought at Mazar-i-Sharif and General Dostum, warlord of the region. Ex-roommates, family members, and friends all contributed to Kukis's research, resulting in the most thorough portrait available of the American Taliban. Book News Annotation:Journalist Kukis, who covered the war in Afghanistan for United Press
International, tells what he can about the young American captured
fighting with the Taliban against US forces. Many voices are missing
from his account, he says, because of legal injunction, fear, and
disappearance, but even so there is much that can be told between his
conversion to Islam in 1997 in Mill Valley, California, and the start
of his prison sentence. He has not indexed his work.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"Mark Kukis expertly retraces John Walker Lindh's unlikely odyssey from northern California to southern Afghanistan in this well-written account that illuminates the transformation Lindh underwent to become 'the American Taliban'." Peter Bergen, CNN terrorism analyst and author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden Review:"Mark Kukis has written a superb book about John Walker Lindh and his odyssey in search of spirituality through Islam. It is a brilliant answer to those who have puzzled over Lindh's quest and fate." Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers columnist Review:"Kukis captures Lindh's journey to the dark side with insight and commendable detail. More importantly he helps us understand the motivations, forces, events, and personalities that shaped the man who shocked the world." Robert Young Pelton, author of The World's Most Dangerous Places Synopsis:Understanding the American Taliban.
Provides an intimate exploration of the motivation and beliefs of the radical Islamists and their most famous American adherent. Contains never-before-seen photos of John Walker Lindh. Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202).
About the AuthorCurrently based in Washington, D.C., Mark Kukis left a job as a White House correspondent for United Press International shortly after September 11 to cover the war in Afghanistan as a freelance correspondent working closely with the online magazine Salon.com. This is his first book. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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