| Description |
xvi, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A personal look at the war in Afghanistan from the perspective of a Canadian war correspondent. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The prophet's cloak -- The road to Kandahar, September 2005 -- The surge, April 2006 -- Optimism, June 2006 -- Medusa, August 2006 -- Medusa's aftermath, September 2006 -- Quetta, November 2006 -- Masked men, February 2007 -- Detainees, April 2007 -- Fighting season, May 2007 -- The Karzai regime, September 2007 -- Death of a warlord, October 2007 -- Lessons from the Taliban survey, March 2008 -- Jailbreak, June 2008 -- At the gates of Kabul, September 2008 -- A toxic triangle, February 2009 -- Another surge, June 2011 -- January 2013. |
| Subject |
Taliban.
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War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
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War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.
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Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Social aspects.
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Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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| ISBN |
9781619024793 $26.00 |
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1619024799 |
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