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The Forever War

By Dexter Filkins

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| Paperback | 9780307279446

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An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs. Through the eyes of Filkins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, we witness the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s,Continue

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A voice of reason amid the carnage

How to describe war? It has a familiarity that makes us believe we understand what it is all about. Yet its reality remains for most of us distant and unreliable. The versions of conflict we consume tend to be regimented, organised and packaged in a ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

In The Forever War, New York Times journalist Filkins collects together his dispatches from various frontlines in Afghanistan and Iraq. The point of this book, we learn, is not to explain why these wars came about or to evaluate them; rather it is to ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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An outstanding writing of America's military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Puts a much truer face on the countries and the invasions than what you hear from the government(s). This book accurately depicts war in the 21st century and the frustrating way it is fought. In direct contrast to w ... (continue)

An outstanding writing of America's military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Puts a much truer face on the countries and the invasions than what you hear from the government(s). This book accurately depicts war in the 21st century and the frustrating way it is fought. In direct contrast to what Dick Cheney said the Americans weren't greeted as liberators. The author perfectly summed it up when he wrote "the Iraqis tell the Americans what they want to hear because they want the American money and the Americans believe it because to not to believe it is too horrifying to contemplate." Dexter Filkins belongs in the pantheon of great wartime writers beside Ernie Pyle.

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Stcin10 said on Nov 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

This is a great but also scary book. Dexter Filkins reports on the War on Terror from the inside, without taking a political stand. He talks to all parties, moves with the American army without being embedded.
Horrifying stories, that leave little hope for a solution to this conflict.

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Linda Wilke said on Nov 18, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback