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The forever war
Title:
The forever war
Author:
Filkins, Dexter
ISBN:
9780307266392
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008
Physical Description:
x, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Only this -- Forebodings -- New York -- Jang -- Broken hearts -- Expectant -- Gone forever : video : the kiss -- A hand in the air : blonde -- Kicking ass : view from the air -- The man within -- Kill yourself : cloud : Mogadishu -- Pearland Habibi -- Vanishing -- Communiques -- Just talking -- The Mahdi -- Proteus id -- Communiques -- The revolution devours its own : the normal -- The labyrinthe : orange moon -- Fuck us -- The boss -- The turning -- The departed -- Epilogue : laika.
Abstract:
A prizewinning "New York Times" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Subject Term:
Subject:
Iraq War, 2003-
Summary:
A prizewinning "New York Times" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.