The Forever War
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The Forever War
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Narrated by:
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Robertson Dean
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Written by:
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Dexter Filkins
About this listen
From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prize-winning New York Times correspondent, we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continued with the attacks of 9/11, and moved on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Filkins's narrative moves across a vast and various landscape of amazing characters and astonishing scenes: a public amputation performed by the Taliban, children frolicking in minefields, skies streaked white by the contrails of B-52's, a night's sleep in the rubble of Ground Zero.
We venture into a torture chamber run by Saddam Hussein. We go into the homes of suicide bombers, meet Iraqi insurgents, and an American captain who loses a quarter of his men in eight days.
The Forever War allows us a visceral understanding of today's battlefields and of the experiences of the people on the ground, warriors and innocents alike. It is a brilliant, fearless work, not just about America's wars after 9/11, but ultimately about the nature of war itself.
©2008 Dexter Filkins (P)2008 Books on TapeWhat the critics say
Winner - Colby Award, 2009
Winner - National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2008
Winner - New York Times Editors' Choice, 2008
Winner - Overseas Press Club Book Award, 2008
Short-listed - New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2008
“Harrowingly detailed . . . Filkins makes us see, with almost hallucinogenic immediacy, the true human meaning and consequences of the ‘war on terror.’”
-The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2008
“The gaping wounds of Iraq and Afghanistan have produced a torrent of words, but no single volume so far has the precision and power of The Forever War . . . Filkins’ set pieces have the absolute clarity of lightning flashes that burn away the fog of war.”
-Time Best Nonfiction Books of 2008
“Not since Michael Herr in Dispatches . . . has a reporter written as vividly about combat as Filkins does from Afghanistan and Iraq.”
-USA Today 10 Best Books of 2008
“Filkins’s meticulously constructed vignettes . . . illuminate and humanize the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.”
-Los Angeles Times Favorite Books 2008
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- JH
- 2019-01-17
Brilliant.
I can not recommend this book enough. It entirely changed the way I view the wars in the middle east. Truly insightful and captivating anecdotes that string together into an amazing story. A seemingly unbiased view of all sides of a conflict that really hammers home the fact that this is about real people and the things they have endured. Very heavy subject matter and not for the faint of heart.
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