City of soldiers
Subtitle: a year of life, death and survival in Afghanistan
By: by Kate Fearon
Publisher: Signal Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781908493682; 9781908493675; 9781908493088
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction; Biography; Women political consultants; Description and travel; Politics and government; Social life and customs; HISTORY; Military; Afghan War (2001- ); Manners and customs; Travel
Description: Behind the headlines, the strategies, the surges, what is life really like in Afghanistan? What is it like to live and work there as a civilian on state-building with its people, fighting the Taliban with flip-charts and pens, not guns? In her account of sixteen months in the capital of Helmand province, Lashkar Gah, working for the UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team, Kate Fearon records everyday life on the frontline. Amidst the violence she unearths extraordinary stories of how ordinary...
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Getting there; title: The other side of the wall; title: In memoriam; title: The toilet paper; title: Getting out of there; title: Gender (I); title: Language; title: Garmsir; title: The drive; title: Gereshk (I) speaking up, speaking out; title: Gereshk (II) where, now, how?; title: Poppies, petals and other derivatives; title: Gender (II); title: Food; title: Bricks and stones; title: The dog, the boat and the crowbar; title: Election heat; title: Here come the Marines!; title: The helical screws; title: Election day (I) early morning; title: Election day (II) late morning, afternoon; title: Cityscape (I): Kabul; title: Cityscape (II): New York; title: Now she goes to school; title: There are no lesbians in Afghanistan; title: Nawa (I): inside the wire; title: Nawa (II): outside the wire; title: Nawa (III): despair; title: Ticking the box: marriage; title: Laghmandi Pepsi and the Helmand Star; title: Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on; title: Nawa (IV): return to Tralfamadore; title: Recreation; title: Another place; title: Progression, regression: hello, goodbye; title: Qala-e-Bost; title: Leaving Lash; title: Afterword.