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- Number of Pages: 384
- ISBN: 0307279448
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113106115
- Release Date: June 2, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #33291 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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- #296 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Forever War" by Dexter Filkins to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Forever War"Browse more products related to "Dexter Filkins"Review"Filkins practices a kind of literary pointillism, and when the dots are connected what you get is context, the very thing that has been missing from most of the other first-person accounts of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." "[Filkins's] focus is on the human cost of war; he isn't out to lambast U.S. policy or strategy (except implicitly), and so readers anywhere on the political spectrum can respond to his writing.... What Filkins has to offer is stories--dozens of them. He's a master of the moment, of the concrete, of the texture. Where others try to explain, he wants you to know what being there feels like....I couldn't put this book down." "Now, in the tradition of DISPATCHES, with the publication of Dexter Filkins’s stunning book, THE FOREVER WAR, it seems the journals of the brave correspondents assigned to the Middle East will take their place as the pre-eminent record of America’s late-imperial adventures, the heart of these heartless exercises in disaster, maybe some consolation to those maimed and bereaved in them.... The work Filkins accomplishes in THE FOREVER WAR is one of the most effective antitoxins that the writing profession has produced to counter the administration’s fascinating contemporary public relations tactic....Filkins uses the truth as observed firsthand to detail an arid, hopeless policy in an unpromising part of the world. His writing is one of the scant good things to come out of the war." First line"The marines were pressed flat on a rooftop when the dialogue began to unfold. It was 2 a.m. The minarets were flashing by the light of airstrikes and rockets were sailing on trails of sparks. First came the voices from the mosques, rising above the thundery guns. Publisher's noteA correspondent furnishes a best-selling account of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, from the rise of the Taliban, to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, offering a compelling study of the people involved from all sides of the conflict. Reprint. A New York Times Best Book of the Year and a Nation Book Critics Circle Award finalist. AnnotationJournalist Dexter Filkins provides a long view of the conflict with Islamofascism, before and after 9/11. Filkins reports on the rise of the Taliban in the '90s, the attacks of September 11, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and their aftermath. He covers a great deal of territory, reporting from many locales on the lives of everyday people caught up in the historical events. Selected as one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2008. If You Enjoy "The Forever War (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Forever War (Paperback)" by Dexter Filkins (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General Bestsellers
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