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Fresh Air, Sebastian Junger and Charles Sennott
- Narrated by: Terry Gross
- Length: 46 mins
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Summary
Journalists Sebastian Junger and Charles Sennott on this edition of Fresh Air. Sebastian Junger's just returned from Afghanistan where he was traveling with the Northern Alliance. Last year,he was also in Afghanistan following Ahmad Shah Massoud, (known as the "Lion of Panjshir"), the legendary leader of the guerrilla war against the Soviets, who had been fighting the Taliban. Massoud was assassinated by Osama bin Laden's associates in September. Junger is also the author of the best seller The Perfect Storm, and his new book Fire. Journalist Charles Sennott of The Boston Globejust returned from Afghanistan, where he traveled with the Special Forces. He's also the author of the new book, The Body and The Blood: The Holy Land's Christians At the Turn of a New Millennium. Sennott was The Globe's Middle East bureau chief, and is currently the paper's European bureau chief. He lives in London. (Broadcast Date: December 6, 2001)