by Doug Stanton
Benson, Ross. “Fall of Kabul: Chilling Truth about the Butchers Who Routed the Taliban.” Daily Mail, November 14, 2001.
Bernton, Hal. “Americans Were Spotted in Terror Training Camps.” Seattle Times, December 5, 2001.
Borger, Julian. “Bright Boy from the California Suburbs Who Turned Taliban Warrior.” Guardian, October 5, 2002.
Borger, Julian, and Nicholas Watt. “Doomed Arabs Prepare for Final Battle.” Guardian Weekly, November 22, 2001.
Burke, Jason. “The Making of the World’s Most Wanted Man: Part 1.” Observer, October 29, 2001.
Cobain, Ian. “Foreign Fighters Resist Alliance; War on Terror.” Times Newspapers Limited, November 15, 2001.
———. “Refugees Tell of Frenzied Killing in Besieged City: Battle for Konduz; War on Terror.” Times Newspapers Limited, November 19, 2001.
Cobain, Ian, and Damian Whitworth. “U.S. Scorns Deal to Free al-Qaeda’s Trapped Mercenaries.” Times Newspapers Limited, November 20, 2001.
Cockburn, Patrick. “Rashid Dostum: The Treacherous General.” Independent (UK), December 1, 2001.
Connerty-Marin, David, and Josie Huang. “The Night Before Terror.” Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, October 5, 2001.
Crary, David. “Many in U.S. Fought for Foreign Armies.” Associated Press, December 24, 2001.
———. “Broad Effort Launched After ’98 Attacks.” Washington Post, December 19, 2001.
Cullison, Alan, and Robert S. Greenberger. “Airstrikes Are Criticized by Northern Alliance, as U.S. Looks for Broader Post-Taliban Plans.” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2001.
Dawoud, Khaled, Julian Borger, and Nicholas Watt. “Doomed Arab Units Prepare for Final Battle Against the Odds.” Guardian, November 20, 2001.
Ellison, Michael. “U.S. Taliban Fighter Describes Fortress Horror.” Guardian, December 3, 2001.
Estes, Tracy. “Winfield War Hero Honored by CBS News on Memorial Day.” Marion County Journal Record, May 2002.
“Father of a U.S. Taliban Fighter Speaks Out.” Associated Press, January 20, 2006.
Filkins, Dexter. “U.S. Warns of Bounties Posing Threat to Westerners.” New York Times, April 6, 2002.
Gellman, Barton. “A Strategy’s Cautious Evolution Before Sept. 11; the Bush Anti-Terror Effort Was Mostly Ambition.” Washington Post, January 20, 2002.
Griffin, Michael. “A Gruesome Record: The Northern Alliance May Be Trying to Rebrand Themselves, but the People of Kabul Are Unlikely to Forget Their Past Atrocities.” Guardian, November 16, 2001.
Harden, Blaine, with Kevin Sack, Douglas Frantz, and Carlotta Gall. Evelyn Nieves also contributed. “A Nation Challenged: The Meeting; One for His Country, and One Against It.” New York Times, December 11, 2001.
Harding, Luke. “Good at War, Poor at Peace.” Guardian, September 12, 2001.
———. “Paper Surrender Blowing in the Wind.” Guardian, November 23, 2001.
Harding, Luke, Nicholas Watt, and Brian Whitaker. “Kunduz: Northern Stronghold Ready to Capitulate.” Guardian, November 22, 2001.
Hornak, Paul. “Troops of 10th Recount Mayhem at Mazar-e-Sharif.” Watertown Daily Times, April 4, 2002.
Jehl, Douglas. “Four in 9/11 Plot Are Called Tied to Qaeda in ’00.” New York Times, August 9, 2005.
Kaplan, Robert. “The Afghan Who Won the Cold War.” Wall Street Journal, May 5, 1992.
Kurtz, Howard. “Interview Sheds Light on Bin Laden.” Washington Post, February 7, 2002.
LaFraniere, Sharon. “Bombing of Enclave Intensifies; Several Thousand Hold Out in Taliban’s Northern Stronghold.” Washington Post, November 19, 2001.
Lindh, John Walker. “Excerpts from Statement by John Walker Lindh in Court.” New York Times, October 5, 2002.
Litvinenko, Alexendar. “Watch Your Alliances.” Washington Post, August 31, 2002.
Loeb, Vernon. “U.S. Soldiers Recount Smart Bomb Blunder.” Washington Post, February 2, 2002.
Loeb, Vernon, and Josh White. “CIA Reports Officer Killed in Prison Uprising.” Washington Post, November 29, 2001.
McDermott, Terry. “Sunday Report; A Perfect Soldier.” Los Angeles Times, January 27, 2002.
———. “Sunday Report; The Plot; How Terrorists Hatched a Simple Plan to Use Planes as Bombs.” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2002.
McDermott, Terry, and Dirk Laabs. “The World; Column One; Prelude to 9/11: A Hijacker’s Love, Lies.” Los Angeles Times, January 27, 2003.
McDermott, Terry, Josh Meyer, and Patrick J. McDonnell. “Sunday Report; The Plots and Designs of Al Qaeda’s Engineer.” Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2002.
McMurray, Jeffrey. “CIA Agent’s Dad Probes Deadly Afghan Riot.” Associated Press, March 13, 2005.
———. “Father on Crusade to Prove Afghanistan Ambush Killed CIA Officer.” Associated Press, March 12, 2005.
Oliver, Mark, and Derek Brown. “Mullah Faizal.” Guardian, December 3, 2001.
Oppel, Richard A., Abdul Waheed Wafa, and Sangar Rahimi. “20 Dead as Taliban Attackers Storm Kabul Offices.” New York Times, February 11, 2009.
Orndorff, Mary. “CIA’s Spann Buried at Arlington.” Birmingham News, December 11, 2001.
Parsell, D. L. “Afghanistan Reporter Looks Back on Two Decades of Change.” National Geographic News, November 19, 2001.
Risen, James. “A Nation Challenged: The Casualty; C.I.A. Names Agent Killed in Fortress.” New York Times, November 29, 2001.
Rohde, David, and C. J. Chivers. “A Nation Challenged: Qaeda’s Grocery Lists and Manuals of Killing.” New York Times, March 17, 2002.
Russell, Rosalind. “Afghan Warlord Dostum Says He Needs Arms to Advance.” Reuters, October 31, 2001.
Sack, Kevin. “A Nation Challenged: A Town Remembers; Community Recalls a Native Son with Clear Goals.” New York Times, November 29, 2001.
Schemo, Diana Jean. “A Nation Challenged: The Burial; Agent Praised as Patriot in Graveside Ceremony.” New York Times, December 11, 2001.
Serrano, Richard A. “Detainees Describe CIA Agent’s Slaying.” Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2004.
———. “Driven by a Son’s Sacrifice.” Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2005.
Swain, Jon. “The Northern Alliance’s Cruel History: Mujaheddin Write Their Name in Blood.” Sunday Times (London), November 11, 2001.
Torchia, Christopher. “Afghan Commander Gets Indoor Pool.” Associated Press, September 8, 2002.
Weinstein, Joshua. “Link to Portland Grows.” Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, September 14, 2001.
Wilford, John Noble. “How Catapults Married Science, Politics, and War.” New York Times, February 24, 2004.
MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
Anderson, Jon Lee. “Letter from Kabul: The Assassins.” New Yorker, June 10, 2002.
Anderson, Martin Edwin. “How Col. John Boyd Beat the Generals.” Insight magazine, August 2002.
Barry, John, and Michael Hirsh. “Commandos: The Real Tip of the Spear.” Newsweek, October 8, 2003.
Burke, Jason. “Taliban Kabul Diary.” London Review of Books, March 22, 2001.
Cloud, John. “Atta’s Odyssey.” Time, October 8, 2001.
———. “The Plot Comes Into Focus.” Time, October 1, 2001.
Davis, Anthony. “Makeover for a Warlord.” Time, June 3, 2002.
Dorr, Robert F. “Air Force Special Operations Command.” A Tribute to Special Operations, January 2003.
Dunlap, Col. Charles J. Jr., USAF. “Special Operations Forces after Kosovo.” Joint Force Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2001.
Gannon, Kathy. “Letter from Afghanistan: Road Rage.” New Yorker, March 22, 2004.
Gray, Colin S. “Why Strategy Is Difficult.” Joint Force Quarterly, Summer 1999.
Gresham, John D. “Rangers, Nightstalkers and Green Berets: The U.S. Army Special Operations Command.” A Tribute to Special Operations, January 2003.
———. “Snake Eaters Ball: Operation Enduring Freedom.” A Tribute to Special O
perations, January 2003.
Grizwold, Eliza. “Where the Taliban Roam.” Harper’s Magazine, September 2003.
Gutman, Roy, and John Barry. “Periscope: Digging Up the Truth.” Newsweek, September 30, 2002.
Hall, Barbara. “USASOC History: From Jedburghs to Devils and Snakes.” A Tribute to Special Operations, January 2003.
———. “The Liberation of Mazar-e Sharif: 5th SF Group Conducts UW in Afghanistan.” Special Warfare, June 2002.
Hammonds, Keith H. “The Strategy of the Fighter Pilot.” Fast Company, June 2002.
Hylton, Wil S. “Mazar I Sharif.” Esquire, August 2002.
Isikoff, Michael, and Daniel Klaidman. “The Hijackers We Let Escape.” Newsweek, June 10, 2002.
Junger, Sebastian. “The Lion in Winter.” National Geographic Adventure, March/April 2001.
Junod, Tom. “Innocent: Can America and Islam Coexist?” Esquire, July 2006.
Kaplan, David. “Made in the U.S.A.,” U.S. News & World Report, June 10, 2002.
Klaidman, Daniel, and Michael Isikoff. “Walker’s Brush with Bin Laden.” Newsweek, December 31, 2001.
Klein, Edward. “Love in a Time of War.” Parade magazine, August 18, 2002 . Maass, Peter. “A Bulletproof Mind.” New York Times Magazine, November 10, 2002.
Mayer, Jane. “Lost in the Jihad.” New Yorker, March 10, 2003.
McCaffrey, General Barry R., USA (ret.). “Lessons of Desert Storm.” Joint Force Quarterly, Winter 2000–2001.
Mishra, Pankaj. “The Afghan Tragedy.” New York Review of Books, January 17, 2002.
———. “The Real Afghanistan.” New York Review of Books, March 10, 2005.
Pelton, Robert. “The Legend of Heavy D & the Boys (or How the Green Berets Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Warlord).” National Geographic Adventure, March 2002.
Perry, Alex. “Friday Night in Tashkent.” Time, October 29, 2001.
———. “Reporters’ Notebook: Alex Perry in Uzbekistan. Halloween at the End of the Earth.” Time Asia, November 2, 2001.
———. “Eyewitness: The Taliban Undone.” Time, November 14, 2001.
———. “Sexual Liberation.” Time, November 17, 2001.
———. “Lying to Refugees.” Time, November 23, 2001.
———. “Mass Slaughter of the Taliban’s Foreign Jihadists.” Time, November 26, 2001.
Personnel of the Third Battalion, Fifth Special Forces Group. “The Liberation of Mazar-e Sharif: 5th SF Group Conducts UW in Afghanistan.” Special Warfare, June 2002.
Pyes, Craig, and William C. Rempel. “Slowly Stalking an Afghan Lion.” Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2002.
Ratnesar, Romesh. “The Afghan Way of War.” Time, November 19, 2001.
Robinson, Linda. “Walking Point.” U.S. News & World Report, October 18, 2004.
Roche, Timothy, Brian Bennett, Anne Berryman, Hilary Hylton, Siobhan Morrissey, and Amany Radwan. “The Making of John Walker Lindh.” Time, October 7, 2002.
Soloway, Colin. “Periscope: Reporters’ Notebooks: Our Eyewitnesses to History.” Newsweek, December 31, 2001.
Stein, Harry. “How the Father Figures.” City Journal, January 28, 2002.
Thomas, Evan. “A Street Fight.” Newsweek, April 29, 2002.
———. “The Story of September 11.” Newsweek, December 31, 2001.
Waller, Douglas. “Inside the CIA’s Covert Forces.” Time, December 10, 2001.
———. “The CIA’s Secret Army.” Time, February 3, 2003.
Zimmerman, Dwight J. “WWII Special Operations Forces.” A Tribute to Special Operations, January 2003.
INTERNET SITES
“American Taliban Not Linked to CIA Agent’s Death.” www.afgha.com, April 2, 2002.
Atta, Mohammad. “Suicide Note.” www.abcnews.com, September 28, 2001.
Barela, Timothy P., Tech. Sgt. “Let Your Constellation Be Your Guide.” www.af.mil/news/airman/0696/cons.htm.
“Bin Laden Granted Afghan Nationality.” www.paknews.org, November 9, 2001.
“Biography: Ahmad Shah Massoud.” www.afgha.com, August 31, 2006.
“BMP-3 Russian infantry fighting vehicle.” www.wikipedia.com, November 24, 2006.
Breslau, Karen, and Colin Soloway. “‘He’s a Really Good Boy.’ The Parents of the American Talib Describe Their Son.” Newsweek Web exclusive, December 7, 2001.
Brown, Janelle. “The Taliban’s Bravest Opponents.” www.salon.com, October 2, 2001.
Carroll, Linda. “The Making of a Perfect Soldier.” www.MSNBC.com, March 7, 2003.
“CIA Officer Michael Spann Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.” www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired December 10, 2001.
Dana, Peter H. Global Positioning System Overview, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1994, www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html.
“Discussion with Widow of First American to Die in Afghan Combat.” www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired September 14, 2002.
Fagan, Kevin. “John Lindh Not a Traitor, Father Argues. He Says He Didn’t Fight U.S., but Was Rescued.” www.SFGate.com, January 20, 2006.
“Family of Michael Spann Speak to Reporters Following Lindh Not Guilty Plea.” www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired February 13, 2002.
Farzana. “Massoud.” www.afgha.com, August 31, 2006.
“Father of Slain CIA Agent Blames Lindh.” www.CBSnews.com, July 23, 2002.
“Frontline: Campaign Against Terror.” www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/interviews/595.html, undated.
House of War: The Uprising at Mazar-e Sharif. www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired August 3, 2002.
“Interview with Joseph Biden; Stories of Relatives of Heroes of United Flight 93.” www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired December 7, 2001.
“Interview with Shannon Spann.” www.CNN.com/Transcripts, aired July 16, 2002.
King, Larry. Interview with Mark Miller and Colin Soloway, transcript from www.CNN.com, December 7, 2001.
Koval, Gretel C. “Walker: The Road Ahead,” Newsweek Web exclusive, December 12, 2001.
Lak, Daniel. “Mazar-e-Taliban, R.I.P.” www.afgha.com, December 16, 2001.
Lindh, Frank R. “The Real Story of John Walker Lindh.” www.alternet, January 24, 2006.
———. “Taking the Stand: The Crimeless Crime: The Prosecution of John Walker Lindh.” www.dcbar.com, May 2005.
Madison, David. “American Taliban.” www.indyweek.com, January 30, 2002.
Marlowe, Ann. “‘Warlords’ and ‘Leaders.’” National Review Online, Febuary 19, 2002.
“Massoud’s Last Words.” Newsweek Web exclusive, September 20, 2001.
McElroy, Damien. “I’m Sick of Death, Says Dostum the Warlord.” www.telegraph.co.uk, November 29, 2001.
Perry, Alex. Reports by satellite. “Update: American Rescued from Taliban-held Fort.” Time Online Edition, November 25, 2001.
———. “Inside the Battle at Qala-i-Janghi.” Time Online Edition, December 1, 2001.
“Profile: John Walker Lindh.” (Collection of media reports, page snapshot, November 12, 2008), www.historycommons.org.
Qadri, Dr. Hafiz Haggani. “Muslims Are Not Ignoramuses.” www.binoria.org.
Sills, Sam. “The Abraham Lincoln Brigade of the Spanish Civil War.” www.english.upenn.edu.
Soloway, Colin. “He’s Got to Decide if He Wants to Live or Die Here.” Newsweek Web exclusive, December 6, 2001.
“Spann Described as a Hero.” www.CNN.com, posted November 28, 2001.
“Spann’s Father Wants Stiff Sentence for Lindh.” www.CNN.com, July 22, 2002.
Spann, Johnny. “False and Misleading Statements by Mr. Frank Lindh Omit Many Known Facts.” www.honormikespann.com, February 2006.
———. “Johnny Spann’s Letter on Recent Trip to Afghanistan.” www.honor mikespann.org, updated January 2003.
Spann, Shannon. “Embrace His Grace.” www.embracehisgrace.com/Inspirational.htm.
“Spirit Fest Helps Spann Widow Deal with Loss of Even
t Honoree,”
www.arlington cemetery.com/jmspann.htm, press report, June 23, 2002. “Translation of Hijacker’s Note.”
www.ABCNews.com, September 28, 2001.
www.af.mil;
www.af.mil/news/airman/0690/space2.htm (U.S. Air Force)
www.afghan-network.net
www.bannu.itgo.com
www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html
www.defenselink.mil
www.globalsecurity.org
www.jlcint.com (Yemen Language Center)
www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gps (Smithsonian Institute, National Air and Space Museum), 1998
www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatwa_1996.html
www.winfieldcity.org
www.wpafb.af.mil (USAF Museum)
OTHER SOURCES
“Afghanistan: The Massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif.” Human Rights Watch, November 1998.
“Are You Going to Talk to Us?” Videotape of Mike Spann’s interrogation of John Walker Lindh, transcript published by Newsweek, December 17, 2001.
Billingsley, Dodge. Unedited video of fort siege. November 26–December 1, 2001.
Federation of American Scientists
Logistics of World Trade Center Explosion, National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 2005. “Parents’ Grief for American Taleban.” Transcript of BBC program on www.bbc.co.uk (November 15, 2002).
Transcript, “Distinguished Service Cross Award Ceremony for Mark Mitchell.” MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL, November 14, 2003.
World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia, 2002.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Doug Stanton is the author of the New York Times bestseller In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. A former contributing editor at Esquire, Sports Afield, and Outside, Stanton is now a contributing editor at Men’s Journal and has written on travel, sport, entertainment, and history, during which time he nearly drowned off Cape Horn waters, got mugged by jungle revolutionaries, played basketball with George Clooney, and took an acting lesson from a gracious Harrison Ford.
Stanton lives in his hometown, Traverse City, Michigan, where he is a member of the advisory board of the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ Motion Picture Arts program as well as the board of trustees of the Pathfinder School.