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The Good Soldiers de David Finkel

The Good Soldiers

Autor David Finkel
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2010

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Alex Awards (2010), ALA Notable Books (2010), Lukas Prize Project (2010)

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR:
"THE NEW YORK TIMES"
"CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
SLATE.COM
"THE BOSTON GLOBE"
"THE KANSAS CITY STAR"
"THE PLAIN DEALER" (CLEVELAND)
"THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR"
WINNER OF THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM

It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them.

Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict. With "The" "Good Soldiers," Pulitzer Prize-winning "r"eporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312430023
ISBN-10: 0312430027
Pagini: 316
Dimensiuni: 156 x 208 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Picador.
Editura: Picador USA
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States

Recenzii

“Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. You will be able to take this book down from the shelf years from now and say: 'This is what happened. This is what it felt like.'” —Doug Stanton, "The New York Times Book Review" “Let me be direct. "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel is the most honest, most painful, and most brilliantly rendered account of modern war I’ve ever read. I got no exercise at all the day I gulped down its 284 riveting pages.” —Daniel Okrent, "Fortune
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“Over and over, I cried. I endured nightmares. I have read hundreds of books about war and almost two dozen books about the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of them affected me. But none has affected me as deeply as "The Good Soldiers".” —Steve Weinberg, "The Kansas City Star"“Heart-stopping . . . captures the surreal horror of war.” —Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
“A whole generation of

"Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. You will be able to take this book down from the shelf years from now and say: 'This is what happened. This is what it felt like.'" --Doug Stanton, "The New York Times Book Review" "Let me be direct. "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel is the most honest, most painful, and most brilliantly rendered account of modern war I've ever read. I got no exercise at all the day I gulped down its 284 riveting pages." --Daniel Okrent, "Fortune
"
"Over and over, I cried. I endured nightmares. I have read hundreds of books about war and almost two dozen books about the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of them affected me. But none has affected me as deeply as "The Good Soldiers."" --Steve Weinberg, "The Kansas City Star""Heart-stopping . . . captures the surreal horror of war." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"""
"A whole generation of these men will (God willing) be coming home, and The Good Soldiers is as good a guide as I can imagine to who they'll be when they get here." --Devin Friedman, "GQ"
"[A] new classic . . . the reader cannot get enough . . . As a compelling read, "The Good Soldiers" is all good." --J. Ford Huffman, "Military Times"
"David Finkel has written the most unforgettable book of the Iraq War, a masterpiece that will far outlast the fighting." --David Maraniss, author of "They Marched into Sunlight"
"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of his powers comes an incandescent and profoundly moving book: powerful, intense, enraging. This may be the best book on war since the "Iliad."" --Geraldine Brooks, author of "People of the Book" and "March"
"This is the best account I have read of the life of one unit in the Iraq War. It is closely observed, carefully recorded, and beautifully written. David Finkel doesn't just take you into the lives of our soldiers, he takes you deep into their nightmares." --Thomas E. Ricks, author of "Fiasco" and "The Gamble"

Descriere

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR:
"THE NEW YORK TIMES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE"
SLATE.COM
"THE BOSTON GLOBE
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
THE PLAIN DEALER" (CLEVELAND)
"THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR"""WINNER OF THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them.
Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home -- forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict. With "The""Good Soldiers," Pulitzer Prize-winning "r"eporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story -- not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.

Notă biografică

David Finkel is a senior writer-in-residence at the Center for a New American Security and the national enterprise editor at "The Washington""Post." He is the recipient of the MacArther "Genius" Fellowship. Finkel won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2006 for a series of stories about U.S.-funded democracy efforts in Yemen. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two daughters. Email him at davidfinkel@thegoodsoldiers.com.

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