On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World - Softcover

Jason Burke is the prize-winning Chief Reporter for the Observer. He has covered the Middle East and Southwest Asia for a decade, and saw many of the key events described in this book at first hand. He is the author of Al-Qaeda (Penguin, 2004).

"Burke's pragmatic humanism forced the reader to rethink lazy stereotypes and the popular view of al-Qaeda as a top-down managed organization run by a megalomaniac religious Bond villain. . . . Burke's moving and insightful though-the-keyhole look into the world's biggest threat is indispensable reading for those on the right or left." --"Time Out" "Jason Burke's . . . objective is to shatter preconceptions and generalizations about Islam. . . . He fulfils all this admirably well."-"Independent" (UK) "An astute guide to the range and complexity of the Islamic world. . . . Burke is worth listening to." --"The Telegraph" (UK) "What Burke does show is the very real need to engage with political Islam. . . . This does not mean excusing terrorist acts, but it will entail a greater understanding of the spectrum of opinion that exists in the Islamic world. Burke's latest offering may well be the first step."- Leni Wile, international research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (UK) "From the Hardcover edition."