Swimming with warlords
Subtitle: a dozen-year journey across the Afghan War
By: Kevin Sites
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780062339416
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-; War correspondents; Biography; Afghan War (2001- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01695175
Description: "In this electrifying first-person account, journalist and author Kevin Sites goes deep into the geopolitical morass of Afghanistan to emerge with critical insights into both a people and a war that few truly comprehend."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : entrance; title: Part I. The north. Over the border; title: Civil war; title: The House of Massoud; title: The ghosts of Kalakata; title: Sticks and stones; title: The warlord and the Taliban; title: Kurash; title: Hindu Kush; title: Part II. Kabul. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow; title: Fixers; title: Lions; title: Unintended consequences; title: Under the bridge; title: Wall of bones; title: More than war; title: Women; title: Lawyers, guns, and money; title: Part III. Jalalabad and Tora Bora. The road; title: Addiction affliction; title: Tora Bora runaround; title: Dead man's bed and other mysteries; title: Part IV. Wardak and Logar. Human terrain teams; title: Targets; title: Combat outpost Soltan Kheyl; title: Part V. The last embed. Suicide vest; title: Epilogue : exit; title: Afterword : America's post 9/11 legacy in shambles.