Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2015

      Copyright © Christina Lamb 2015

      Christina Lamb asserts the moral right to

      be identified as the author of this work

      Cover photograph: Justin Sutcliffe

      Maps by John Gilkes

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      Source ISBN: 9780007256921

      Ebook Edition © April 2015 ISBN: 9780008171278

      Version: 2016-03-18

Dedication

      In memory of all those who lost their lives to terrorism – or fighting it – from New York to London to Kandahar to Peshawar

Epigraph

      It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

       General Douglas MacArthur