Title: I wouldn't start from here
Description: What is a jaded rock journalist doing dodging landmines to talk to mercenaries and terrorists? And what kind of conversation can a man who prefers hunting for perfect three-minute pop songs and tubes of beer have with devotees of fasting and ferocity? Sarajevo. Jerusalem. Kabul. Belfast. Kosovo. Gaza. Basra. New York City. Every place where recent history advertises the stubbornness, intolerance, bloodlust, and cowardice that sully our collective record, there the intrepid Andrew Mueller goes, skidding around the globe from failed state to ravaged war zone to desolate no-man's-land to try to u.
Subjects: World politics, Social conflict, Ethnic conflict, Social history, War and society, Travel, Modern History, War, Security, international, World politics, 1989-, Voyages and travels, Modern Civilization, World history, History, Miscellanea
People: Andrew Mueller
Time periods: 21st century