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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
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.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dexter Filkins
ISBN: 9780307266392 0307266397
OCLC Number: 213407458
Description: x, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Prologue : Hells bells -- pt. 1. Kabul, Afghanistan, September 1998. Only this -- Forebodings : Third world -- Jang -- pt. 2. 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 : The 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 labyrinth : The wall -- Fuck us -- The boss -- The turning -- The departed -- Epilogue : Laika.
Responsibility: Dexter Filkins.

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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