No Good Men among the Living
Subtitle: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2014-04
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781429945028
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Taliban; Afghan war, 2001-; Insurgency; Conflict management; Internal security; United states, military policy; Afghanistan, politics and government
Description: In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories emerges a stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. --us.macmillan.com
Table of contents: title: The last days of vice and virtue; title: The battle for Tirin Kot; title: The war from Year Zero; title: The sewing center of Khas Uruzgan; title: No one is safe from this; title: To make the bad things good again; title: Black holes; title: Election day; title: The far end of the bazaar; title: Back to work; title: The Tangi; title: No-man's-land; title: Stepping out; title: The leader