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050 00 DS371.4|b.E37 2013 
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100 1  Eichstaedt, Peter H.,|d1947- 
245 10 Above the din of war :|bAfghans speak about their lives, 
       their country, and their future-- and why America should 
       listen /|cPeter Eichstaedt. 
264  1 Chicago, Illinois :|bLawrence Hill Books,|c[2013] 
300    280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 00 |tPrisoner of the Taliban --|tYou have the watches, we 
       have the time --|tThe fearless --|tTalking with the 
       Taliban --|tTaliban justice --|tThe mullah is a terrorist 
       --|tConfessions of a suicide bomber --|tThe Jalalabad 
       Video War --|tThe killing fields of Marja --|tBurning in 
       hell --|tBones in the desert --|tRejecting the Taliban --
       |tThe caves of Bamiyan --|tOf copper and culture --|tA war
       gone wrong --|tEpilogue: Slouching toward calamity. 
505    What will happen when international forces finally vacate 
       Afghanistan? The answer to that question is unknown, but 
       if there is any hope for Afghanistan, veteran journalist 
       Peter Eichstaedt asserts, it is with its people. After 
       spending 2004 in Afghanistan working for the nonprofit 
       Institute for War and Peace Reporting and helping build 
       Afghanistan's first independent news agency, Eichstaedt 
       returned to Kabul in 2010. As he worked with Afghan 
       journalists to document their history and collective 
       struggles, he realized that although Kabul itself appeared
       cleaned up, with freshly paved roads, the optimism of the 
       newly liberated capital had faded under the rise of the 
       Taliban insurgency. Eichstaedt subsequently crisscrossed 
       the country to interview an astonishing array of Afghans. 
       In Above the Din of War, he shares these conversations, 
       including emotional and critical commentary and opinions 
       from a former warlord, a Taliban judge, victims of self-
       immolation, poppy growers, courageous women 
       parliamentarians, would-be suicide bombers, a besieged 
       video store owner, frightened mullahs, and desperate 
       archaeologists.  Providing a forum for the everyday people
       of Afghanistan to be heard, Eichstaedt reveals the truth 
       behind the calculated rhetoric of war, politics, and 
       diplomacy, and suggests a path forward toward a 
       sustainable future for Afghanistan and southern Asia.--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Postwar reconstruction|zAfghanistan|xPublic opinion. 
650  0 Public opinion|zAfghanistan. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xPolitics and government|y2001-2021|xPublic 
       opinion. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xSocial conditions|y21st century|xPublic 
       opinion. 
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