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Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canada's Afghan Mission |
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| Format | Hardcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 978-0-470-15761-9 | |
| Pages | 264 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $36.95 | |
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Written by Lee Windsor, David Charters, and Brent Wilson of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. Published by John Wiley Sons & Canada, Ltd., 2009. Description: |
| Task Force I-07 embarked
for Afghanistan in January 2007, at a critical point in the war. Short months
before, Canadian and other NATO troops had dealt a stunning blow to the
Taliban-drug trafficker alliance at the very gates of Kandahar City during
Operation Medusa. The door was now open to expand the development zone into
Kandahar's drought-and war-ravaged farmland before the Taliban and drug gangs
re-mustered for the 2007 fighting season. The task ahead required aid delivery,
peace-keeping, reconstruction and combat operations all at the same
time. Kandahar Tour is the story of TF 1-07, from its training for war and peace building in Canada, to its efforts in the frontlines of the struggle to rebuild a shattered society and restore hope in a land where there was little. Lead author Lee Windsor was given extraordinary access to Canada's Joint Task Force Afghanistan. He takes the reader into the command posts and forward operating bases, and the hills and fields where firefights erupt. He witnessed first-hand Canadian Forces working to earn the trust of the Afghan people and reconstruction efforts to restore the flow of water to parched farms, so critical to the breaking the hold of the Taliban and drug lords on Afghan farmers. David Charters and Brent Wilson ably round out the narrative with historical background and reportage from the home front. The reader will come to know members of the Task Force through eye-witness battle scenes, the carnage of mine and IED blasts, on patrol and on the carpet in council with village elders. Kandahar Tour records the tragedy of loss, and the valour and composure under fire exhibited by Canadian soldiers that speak to their professionalism and world-class training. |
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