Hopeless but Optimistic
Subtitle: journeying through America's endless war in Afghanistan
By: Douglas A. Wissing
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780253022851
Subjects: Travel; Afghan War, 2001-; Military policy; Foreign relations
Description: Wissing's journey across insurgency-wracked Afghanistan casts an unyielding spotlight on greed, dysfunction, and predictable disaster while celebrating the everyday courage and wisdom of frontline soldiers, idealistic humanitarians, and resilient Afghans. In doing so he explores the austere grandeur of Afghanistan and its remarkable people; warzone dining, defecation, and sex; as well as the remarkable shopping opportunities for men whose job is to kill.
Notes: Includes index.