Bandit Country Travels in Lawless Lands

There are more and more places on the planet that have slipped out of the geopolitical network of nation-or statehood. Together, these emerging no-man's-lands constitute a new Terra Incognita: a vast zone of unexplored ways of life, natural wonders, and grave dangers. Schultheis finds himself in such dangerous and fascinating places as: - Pakistan's NWFP-the country of the warlike Pathans, the world's most numerous tribal people. Traveling through the Khyber Pass, where smuggling czars have boasted that "no Kaffir has ever spent the night and lived," the author does make it through to the morning-with a dozen armed Afghan bodyguards. - The southern Sudan-where rebel armies of the Christian and animist Dinka, Nuer, and other seminomadic tribes fight for independence from the slave-trading Arab central government in Khartoum. These travels, along with journeys to Dagestan, Kosovo, and the American Southwest, are stories told with a wry, ironic sense of humor that will captivate anyone who loves adventure tales, history, geography, or the exotic side of world politics.Schultheis, Rob is the author of 'Bandit Country Travels in Lawless Lands' with ISBN 9781585744701 and ISBN 1585744700.