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?What a remarkable book this is. The writing is clear, compelling, visceral. The analysis is formidable. The story leaves you gasping. Bob Fowler spares nothing: not himself, not Al Qaeda, not the Canadian response from the RCMP to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It?s been eons since I?ve read a work of non-fiction where every page grabs your heart or your head or both. It?s an autobiographical tour de force.?
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For decades, Robert R. Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs. In one heart-stopping minute, all of that changed. On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as the UN Secretary General?s Special Envoy to Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda, becoming the highest ranked UN official ever held captive. Along with his colleague Louis Guay, Fowler lived, slept and ate with his captors for nearly five months, gaining rare first-hand insight into the motivations of the world?s most feared terror group. Fowler?s capture, release and subsequent appearances have helped shed new light on foreign policy and security issues as we enter the second decade of the ?War on Terror.?
A Season in Hell is Fowler?s compelling story of his captivity, told in his own words, but it?s also a startlingly frank discussion about the state of a world redefined by clashing civilizations.
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Captive of Al Queda,
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A season in Hellby Robert Fowler Robert Fowler has written a unique account of what it is to be a captive of Al Queda. Unique, because Fowler is the highest-level representative of western governments ever to be taken by Al Queda. Also, because his background as a diplomat, senior government official and UN representative was precisely keyed to the menace of islamist terrorism; he knows his subject. Fowler, together with his colleague Louis Guay, was sent as the official representative of the UN Secretary General to encourage peace talks between the rebel Taureg movement and the government of Niger. He soon realized that this was a 'Mission impossible' - not because the rebels were not ready to deal, but because the government of Niger was exploiting the rebel problem to maintain its hold on power. The book explains in painful detail their treatment for four months in the Sahara desert, the motivation of his radicalized captors and the perfidious actions - as well as the heroics - of the various actors involved. Fowler `gets' the big picture, and explains it in terms that provide a wake-up call to both the threatened governments of the Sahel region and the western governments that must support them. Many books have been written by and about kidnap victims; this victim has survived to tell the tale in terms that are alarming and informative, but in the end a credit to the best instincts of survival.
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Je n'ai pas encore lu ce livre et j'ai bien hâte de le faire. Demeurant à l'extérieur, j'ai fait livré ce livre chez ma soeur et devinez..., 2 jours plus tard, elle recevait la commande et lorsque j'irai dans quelques mois, je pourrai enfin lire ce livre. Je connais un des otages, ce livre m'intéresse. Merci
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This looks amazing and I enjoyed the review on telegraph.co.uk, but how to get a copy? It seems its only available in Canada and there's no sign of a downloadable version. I'm in Sudan, where topics like this really matter, so how to read it (if possible legally)?
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