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Swimming with warlords : a dozen-year journey across the Afghan War / Kevin Sites.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062339419
  • 9780062339416
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue : entrance -- Part I. The north. Over the border -- Civil war -- The House of Massoud -- The ghosts of Kalakata -- Sticks and stones -- The warlord and the Taliban -- Kurash -- Hindu Kush -- Part II. Kabul. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Fixers -- Lions -- Unintended consequences -- Under the bridge -- Wall of bones -- More than war -- Women -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- Part III. Jalalabad and Tora Bora. The road -- Addiction affliction -- Tora Bora runaround -- Dead man's bed and other mysteries -- Part IV. Wardak and Logar. Human terrain teams -- Targets -- Combat outpost Soltan Kheyl -- Part V. The last embed. Suicide vest -- Epilogue : exit -- Afterword : America's post 9/11 legacy in shambles.
Summary: "In this electrifying first-person account, journalist and author Kevin Sites goes deep into the geopolitical morass of Afghanistan to emerge with critical insights into both a people and a war that few truly comprehend."--Page 4 of cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 958.1047 S623 Available 33111007951110
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Kevin Sites made his first trip to Afghanistan in October 2001, staying 100 days to cover the U.S. invasion for NBC News. On his fifth trip to the country in June 2013, Sites retraced that first odyssey, contemplating the significant events of his original trip to explore what, if anything, has changed. He interviewed warlords, ex-Taliban fighters, politicians, women cops and dentists, farmers, drug addicts, international aid workers, diplomats, and military personnel.



In Swimming with Warlords, Sites examines Afghanistan today through the prism of those two parallel journeys, exploring that nation's past and considering its future in light of the expected drawdown of U.S. troops in 2014. As he tells the stories of the people he met--how they have been affected by this conflict that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives--Sites provides a fresh perspective on Afghanistan and America's role there.



Swimming with Warlords contains 30 black-and-white photos throughout.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue : entrance -- Part I. The north. Over the border -- Civil war -- The House of Massoud -- The ghosts of Kalakata -- Sticks and stones -- The warlord and the Taliban -- Kurash -- Hindu Kush -- Part II. Kabul. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Fixers -- Lions -- Unintended consequences -- Under the bridge -- Wall of bones -- More than war -- Women -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- Part III. Jalalabad and Tora Bora. The road -- Addiction affliction -- Tora Bora runaround -- Dead man's bed and other mysteries -- Part IV. Wardak and Logar. Human terrain teams -- Targets -- Combat outpost Soltan Kheyl -- Part V. The last embed. Suicide vest -- Epilogue : exit -- Afterword : America's post 9/11 legacy in shambles.

"In this electrifying first-person account, journalist and author Kevin Sites goes deep into the geopolitical morass of Afghanistan to emerge with critical insights into both a people and a war that few truly comprehend."--Page 4 of cover.

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