Fighting Monsters

Matthews, Jim

ISBN 10: 190732416X / ISBN 13: 9781907324161

Verlag: Bookman Projects Limited, 2018

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 52185687-20

Inhaltsangabe:

Former British soldier Jim Matthews gives up a lucrative career teaching English in Saudi Arabia, and returns to northern Syria to fight ISIS alongside the Kurdish forces. But why, after years as a revolutionary, left-leaning, anti-war protestor does he find himself pulled once more into a conflict zone. Does he miss war? Jim is attracted by what he calls the Kurd's `Democratic Confederalism', "a grassroots political system, where everyone had fair and equal representation in social decision-making." But he is never quite convinced of his own reasons for going to Iraq. He is no cold avenger, righter of wrongs or money-grabbing mercenary. In fact, he remains apart from those around him and more in conflict with himself, even when recalling his activities in Palestine. For Jim the real conflict is within himself. An intelligent and evocatively written memoir, that makes the war zones and broken, twisted, dusty battlefields and border towns of northern Syria spring to life.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jim Matthews is a former British soldier who fought for a year in the ranks of Kurdish-led forces against Daesh (IS/ISIS/ISIL) in Northern Syria - an area known as Rojava by the Kurds. He wrote `Fighting Monsters' to give a frank insider's view of the situation, often inaccessible to journalists.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fighting Monsters
Verlag: Bookman Projects Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good