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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443
EAN: 9780307266392
ISBN: 0307266397
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Studio: Knopf
Sales Rank: 217
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From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time.
Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose work was hailed by David Halberstam as “reporting of the highest quality imaginable,” we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continued with the attacks of 9/11, and moved on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Filkins’s narrative moves across a vast and various landscape of amazing characters and astonishing scenes: deserts, mountains, and streets of carnage; a public amputation performed by Taliban; children frolicking in minefields; skies streaked white by the contrails of B-52s; a night’s sleep in the rubble of Ground Zero.
We embark on a foot patrol through the shadowy streets of Ramadi, venture into a torture chamber run by Saddam Hussein. We go into the homes of suicide bombers and into street-to-street fighting with a battalion of marines. We meet Iraqi insurgents, an American captain who loses a quarter of his men in eight days, and a young soldier from Georgia on a rooftop at midnight reminiscing about his girlfriend back home. A car bomb explodes, bullets fly, and a mother cradles her blinded son.
Like no other book, The Forever War allows us a visceral understanding of today’s battlefields and of the experiences of the people on the ground, warriors and innocents alike. It is a brilliant, fearless work, not just about America’s wars after 9/11, but ultimately about the nature of war itself.
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Dexter Filkin's book the Forever War is a collection of short first-person war stories about his experiences as a NY Times correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan. The short pieces are informative and lucid descriptions of what he saw and how he felt about it at the time. FW reminds me of a book of short takes Ernest Hemingway wrote about the Spanish Civil War; short, insightful and clear-minded all written in a minimalist form. The stories make good points while at no time being political, partisan, ... Read More
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I don't read a lot so I found the style of this book a bit disconcerting. It wanders continiously in place and time. Nonetheless, I couldn't put it down and finished in two days. The author gives us a sweeping view of Iraq and Afganistan. Often visceral, frequently nalytical, always compelling. It resonates with authenticity. This opinion from one who has served in a Muslim country.
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Purchased book for my wife. She says it is excellent, not an easy read due to content but most informative. She highly recommends it.
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This book brings the Iraq war into focus,like no other account has. Filkins writes with clarity and precision. There is no doubt that he sees, smells, feels and touches the war as it is, not as we would like to see it in our fantasies.
His book will be a classic of warfare in the 21st Century and of young warriors." As All Quiet On The Western Front", brought World War 1 into the reality of war in the new 20th Century, so shall " The Forever War" bring the reality of war in the 21st Century.
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As my review title suggests, I had not followed the conduct of the war as closely as I might have over the years. Mr. Filkins' work is quit amazing. I suggest this book to anyone with a thirst for understanding. Well done.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.70443
EAN: 9780307266392
ISBN: 0307266397
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Studio: Knopf
Sales Rank: 217
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