Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afghanistan - A Gripping Account of Life During Conflict - Perfect for History Buffs, Political Analysts & War Literature Enthusiasts

I've read a dozen or more books on Afghanistan and found this one the most uninformative. It's mostly about the author, not the country or the war against Soviet occupation; a good choice for a "soldiers of fortune" armchair adventure reader who likes accounts of blood, shooting, and "I was there like a hero" stories.Typical prose: "No one was going to come out of this unscathed, unmarked; we were all going to get it in the end, dead, wounded or damaged in the soul, our love and laughter invisibly poisoned forever." Or this: "It was another nightmare day like the last, but even worse, a rerun of the same fear, fatigue, anguish, only now we were traveling straight toward the advancing enemy. My feet squelched in their own blood, blazing with pain."For a far better account of the same period -- the Mujahadin fight against the Soviets in the 1980's -- go to Jason Elliot's "An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan", which gives great insights about the people of Afghanistan, the religion, and the war.