Jihad!

by Tom Carew

"In 1980, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had taken over the leadership of the West and the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan; the most crucial battle of the cold war was about to begin. In the high mountain passes of the north-west Frontier and the Hindu Kush, the CIA and its Western allies saw an opportunity to bring the mighty Soviet army to its knees." "Their weapon: the Islamic guerrillas of the Afghan Mujahideen." "Their agent: Tom Carew, a young ex-SAS soldier with a talent for 'black bag' covert operations and veteran of the wars in Dhofar and Northern Ireland." "Carew, the first western agent to link up with the Mujahideen, led a series of daring initiatives inside Afghanistan. His account covers in extraordinary and revealing detail combat action against the Soviet Spetsnaz and Afghan mercenaries; reconnaissance missions leading to the installation of the first West-sponsored training camp for Mujahideen in Pakistan; and Carew's attempt to hijack an aircraft during a covert