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The forever war

Author: Dexter Filkins
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Dexter Filkins
ISBN: 9780307266392 0307266397
OCLC Number: 213407458
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.
Responsibility: Dexter Filkins.
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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.

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by cwarden (WorldCat user on 2008-09-25)

Prologue: Hells bells -- Part one. Kabul, Afghanistan, September 1998: Only this -- Forebodings: Third world -- Jang -- Part two. Baghdad, Iraq, March 2003-: Land of hope and sorrow -- I love you, March 2003 -- Gone forever: Video; The kiss -- A hand in the air: Blonde -- A disease: View from the air -- The man within -- Kill yourself: The cloud; Mogadishu -- Pearland: Habibi -- The vanishing world: Communiqués (1) -- Just talking -- The Mahdi -- Proteus: Your name; Communiqués (2) -- The revolution devours its own: The normal -- The labyrinthe: The wall -- Fuck us -- The boss -- The turning -- The departed -- Epilogue : Laika -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

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