BIBFRAME Work

Title

Escape from Kabul

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Wood, Levison, 1982- (author )
• Jones, Geraint, 1983- (author )

Subject

• Kabul (Afghanistan)--History, Military--21st century (LCSH)
• History (EFLCH)
• Evacuation of civilians--Afghanistan--Kabul--History--21st century (LCSH)
• Kabul (Afghanistan)--History--21st century (LCSH)
• Taliban (LCNAF)
• 2000-2099 (FAST)
• Afghan War, 2001-2021--Evacuation of civilians (LCSH)
• Taliban (FAST)
• Evacuation of civilians (FAST)
• Kabul (FAST)

Genre Form

• Military history (FAST)
• History (FAST)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• plates
• illustrations

Classification

• LCC: DS371.415 .W66 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 958.104/71

Content

• text
• still image

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"Afghanistan, August 2021. As the clock ticks down to a total Allied withdrawal and the Taliban go door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small, semi-official force of allied Paratroopers and Marines set about evacuating as many Afghans and their families as possible. The evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in military history as one of the most unexpected events in modern times. In an eerie replay of the disastrous British retreat from Kabul in 1842, coalition troops withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of military campaigning. The subsequent collapse of the Afghan government and its army shocked the world, as a resurgent Taliban gathered its forces and swept across the country. Thousands of Afghans who had worked with the allies were left to the meagre mercy of the Taliban. As the Taliban went door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small international task force set out on a daring mission to evacuate as many Afghans and their families as possible. Drawing on a wide range of first-hand accounts - the politicians and officers who planned the trans-continental rescue, the young soldiers who were faced with the unenviable task of keeping a crowd of thousands of desperate people at bay, former interpreters and soldiers of the Afghan Special Forces who made it out - Escape from Kabul is the harrowing true story of Operation Pitting and the Kabul airlift"-- Publisher's description.

Table of Contents

The Forever War -- Pandora's box -- The downfall of a nation -- Ready for anything -- Serve to lead -- The fight for the flightline -- The gates of Hell -- Digital Dunkirk -- Running the gauntlet -- Tragic endings -- The final airlift -- The aftermath.

Authorized Access Point

Wood, Levison, 1982-. Escape from Kabul

Geographic Coverage

• Afghanistan

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:07.783656+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24123565

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc