Abstract:
A Path To Nowhere is a book of war memoirs of the First Persian Gulf War (Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988) in its latest stages. The story begins in winter 1986 with author’s anxious gazing at the snow-spotted Alborz in north of Tehran, Iran where he starts his journey and extends to the hazy picture of southwestern portions of Zagross where he steps out of Iran to his exile in summer 1988. Through experiencing heat of many battles, he comes to deep understanding of the reality of the war and the motives behind it. In the process, he learns many lessons of adapting and surviving the interaction of different hostile forces that shape the whole story.