Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan

Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Sean M. Maloney determined that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were the aggressors and that a war in Afghanistan was inevitable. As a military historian, Maloney was determined to go there to record the events for posterity, if for no other reason than the education of his students at Canada's Royal Military College. Maloney presents a rare on-the-spot view from such important locations as Kabul, Bagram, and Kandahar. He describes the American-led intervention in Afghanistan and the conduct of the war through early 2003, then discusses the events of 2003 from the three locales in detail.