TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Robert R.
TI  - A season in hell: my 130 days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda 
SN  - 9781443402040
AV  - 534 DT 547.853 F787s 2011
U1  - 966.26 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Toronto, Ont.
PB  - HarperCollins Canada
KW  - Fowler, Robert R.,
KW  - Qaida (Organization)
KW  - Al Qaeda (Organización)
KW  - Hostages
KW  - Niger
KW  - Biography
KW  - Canada
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Rehenes
KW  - Biografías
KW  - Biografía
KW  - Diplomáticos
KW  - Terrorismo
KW  - Otages
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Diplomates
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-340); The grab -- Central station -- The board of directors -- TV camp -- Video one -- Camp Canada -- Survival in the desert -- Our AQIM captors -- Us and them -- Solo, Perduto, Abbandonato in landa desolata! Orror! -- Blaise Compaoré and his marvellous gift -- Calling home -- Soumana disappears, conversion, and letters from home -- Ultimatum -- Someone would die -- Liberation and the flight to freedom -- Bamako and Ouagadougou, Germany, and home -- Epilogue : filling in the blanks
N2  - "Robert Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs... On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda. Along with his colleague Louis Guay, Fowler lived, slept, and ate with his captors for over four months, gaining rare first-hand insight into the world's most feared terrorist group. For those 130 punishing days, Fowler survived in extreme desert conditions at the whims of his volatile kidnappers, fearing every moment could be his last. Fowler's capture, release, and subsequent media appearances have shed new light on the confrontation between Western values and violent Islamic fundamentalism. A Season in Hell is Fowler's riveting story of his captivity, told in his own words, but it is also a startlingly frank discussion about the state of a world redefined by clashing civilizations."--book jacket
ER  -