No Good Men Among the Living
Autor Anand Gopalen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 mai 2015
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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE
Anand Gopal's No Good Men Among the Living stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony.
"Essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong. A devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored attempts by top Taliban leaders to surrender, trusted the wrong people, and backed a feckless and corrupt Afghan regime . . . It is ultimately the most compelling account I've read of how Afghans themselves see the war." --The New York Times Book Review
In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories emerges a stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan-and then brought the Taliban back from the dead.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1250069262
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Picador USA
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Cuprins
Prologue 1
PART ONE?
1. The Last Days of Vice and Virtue 5?
2. The Battle for Tirin Kot 28?
3 The War from Year Zero 50?
4. The Sewing Center of Khas Uruzgan 73
PART TWO?
5. No One Is Safe from This 101?
6. To Make the Bad Things Good Again 118?
7. Black Holes 132
PART THREE?
8. Election Day 151?
9. The Far End of the Bazaar 169
PART FOUR?
10. Back to Work 183?
11. The Tangi 199?
12. No-Man's-Land 215
PART FIVE?
13. Stepping Out 239?
14. The Leader 251
Epilogue 268?
A Note on Sources 277?
Notes 279?
Acknowledgments 291?
Index 295
Premii
- National Book Awards Finalist, 2014
- Helen Bernstein Book Award Finalist, 2015
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2015