Total Page : 384
Publisher : Vintage
Publication Date : 2009 06 02
>> Unique Writing
Mr Filkins offers a unique perspective of current two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan This book is an excellent recollection of his experience working in the area before and during these two wars I highly recommend this book
>> Read before taking that job in Iraq or Afghanistan
On Kindle Now that I ve been here in Afghanistan for the past 1 1/2 year and previous in Iraq in the 90s Felkins recounts a collection of personal stories that elicit emotions disturbing For those who deal daily with the people and do not live in the bubble of a green zone or embassy compound I recommend this book for the specific reason of developing a story of your own I recognize that I too encounter many of the same themes daily and wish to capture those in my mind and maybe on paper How easy it is to feel trapped here and then travel back to the other world home
>> Unsurpassed
There are not enough good things to say about this book which I read in Kindle form This series of essays not only treats all its characters with sensitivity and compassion but serves as an exceedingly good introduction to the entire political situation of Iraq and Afghanistan
Among the very best passages is a story of how a local meat merchant sets up shop at the edge of land mine fields where he simply waits for goats and sheep to wander in and be blown to smithereens thereby saving him much of the effort of butchery
Utterly compelling reading not to be missed
