Title: Kidnapped by the Taliban: A Story of
Terror, Hope and Rescue by SEAL Team Six
Series: none
Author: Dilip Joseph and James Lund
Published Date: October 14, 2014
Publisher: Thomas
Nelson
Format: ebook
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780718011307
Genre: Recent
Events
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Rating: 4 stars
Synopsis: "Am
I About to Die?"
OnDecember 5, 2012 , American medical
doctor Dilip Joseph and two colleagues are driving back to Kabul , Afghanistan
Dilip and his friends endure a nine-hour march into the mountains, gruesome images of torture and death, and repeated threats of execution. Four days later Dilip is freed in a daring and deadly rescue that claims the life of a SEAL Team Six operator. Yet this is more than a story of desperation, survival, and loss. It is also a tale of surprising connection, compassion, and inspiration. As Dilip begins to view the Taliban not as monsters but as men, both he and his captors are challenged to reexamine everything that matters: courage, sacrifice, hope, and faith.
On
Dilip and his friends endure a nine-hour march into the mountains, gruesome images of torture and death, and repeated threats of execution. Four days later Dilip is freed in a daring and deadly rescue that claims the life of a SEAL Team Six operator. Yet this is more than a story of desperation, survival, and loss. It is also a tale of surprising connection, compassion, and inspiration. As Dilip begins to view the Taliban not as monsters but as men, both he and his captors are challenged to reexamine everything that matters: courage, sacrifice, hope, and faith.
My Review: I
received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
As Americans we all have a set picture of what the Taliban
are, due to media coverage. They are something akin to a real life boogeyman.
We all have our own ideas about what the people in the Middle East
look and act like. This book allows us an inside glimpse of a few of the
members of the Taliban. In it, we see their humanity, their culture, and their
individuality. We see just a tiny glimpse of why some of them would join the Taliban,
and how the Taliban treat the people of the areas they control.
As terrifying an experience this must have been for him,
Dilip Joseph provides as neutral a picture as possible. He does it with grace
and with a very readable and understandable way. He brings out the humanity,
and sometimes monstrosity, of his kidnappers, the heart of, and sometimes heartlessness
of, them
Overall, this was an enjoyable book to read.
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