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A season in hell : my 130 days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda / Robert R. Fowler.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Toronto, Ont. : HarperCollins Canada, 2011.Description: xxi, 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781443402040
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 966.26
LOC classification:
  • 534 DT 547.853 F787s 2011
Contents:
The grab -- Central station -- The board of directors -- TV camp -- Video one -- Camp Canada -- Survival in the desert -- Our AQIM captors -- Us and them -- Solo, Perduto, Abbandonato in landa desolata! Orror! -- Blaise Compaoré and his marvellous gift -- Calling home -- Soumana disappears, conversion, and letters from home -- Ultimatum -- Someone would die -- Liberation and the flight to freedom -- Bamako and Ouagadougou, Germany, and home -- Epilogue : filling in the blanks.
Summary: "Robert Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs... On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda. Along with his colleague Louis Guay, Fowler lived, slept, and ate with his captors for over four months, gaining rare first-hand insight into the world's most feared terrorist group. For those 130 punishing days, Fowler survived in extreme desert conditions at the whims of his volatile kidnappers, fearing every moment could be his last. Fowler's capture, release, and subsequent media appearances have shed new light on the confrontation between Western values and violent Islamic fundamentalism. A Season in Hell is Fowler's riveting story of his captivity, told in his own words, but it is also a startlingly frank discussion about the state of a world redefined by clashing civilizations."--book jacket.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 534 DT 547.853 F787s 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000107762

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-340).

The grab -- Central station -- The board of directors -- TV camp -- Video one -- Camp Canada -- Survival in the desert -- Our AQIM captors -- Us and them -- Solo, Perduto, Abbandonato in landa desolata! Orror! -- Blaise Compaoré and his marvellous gift -- Calling home -- Soumana disappears, conversion, and letters from home -- Ultimatum -- Someone would die -- Liberation and the flight to freedom -- Bamako and Ouagadougou, Germany, and home -- Epilogue : filling in the blanks.

"Robert Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs... On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda. Along with his colleague Louis Guay, Fowler lived, slept, and ate with his captors for over four months, gaining rare first-hand insight into the world's most feared terrorist group. For those 130 punishing days, Fowler survived in extreme desert conditions at the whims of his volatile kidnappers, fearing every moment could be his last. Fowler's capture, release, and subsequent media appearances have shed new light on the confrontation between Western values and violent Islamic fundamentalism. A Season in Hell is Fowler's riveting story of his captivity, told in his own words, but it is also a startlingly frank discussion about the state of a world redefined by clashing civilizations."--book jacket.

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