TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Terence
TI  - Hot steel: from Soviet-era Afghanistan to post 9/11 : frontline encounters of the longest-serving foreign correspondent in Kabul 
SN  - 0143020684
AV  - DS371.2 .W47 2006
U1  - 958.1046 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z., New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - White, Terence,
KW  - War correspondents
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Journalists
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Personal narratives, New Zealand
KW  - History
KW  - 2001-
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
KW  - 1989-2001
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 20th century
N1  - LC copy signed by the author; Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312)
N2  - Clandestinely visiting Afghanistan during the bloody Soviet occupation, the author befriended the famous mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Masood. He survived the Afghan jihad only to be seriously wounded by mortar shrapnel during factional fighting for Kabul
ER  -