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Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan
Few reporters have covered Afghanistan as intrepidly and humanely as Edward Girardet. Now, in a gripping, personal account, Girardet delivers a story of that nation's resistance fighters, foreign invaders, mercenaries, spies, aid workers, Islamic extremists, and others who have defined Afghanistan's last thirty years of war, chaos, and strife.
As a young foreign corresponde...more
As a young foreign corresponde...more
Paperback, 417 pages
Published
August 8th 2012
by Chelsea Green Publishing Company
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Riveting, insightful, action-packed - Killing the Cranes is a must-read this year. Edward Girardet's on-the-ground perspective on Afghan culture is invaluable in understanding how to proceed with what is our longest war. And counting. While I don't think it's the definitive book on Afghanistan's current affairs or its history over the past three decades, it offers a critical and unique piece of the puzzle.
It was a fairly fast read, considering the subject matter, and by the time I put the book...more
It was a fairly fast read, considering the subject matter, and by the time I put the book...more
I do not think the author had any other agenda than telling the truth. Of course that is in the eye of the beholder. Girardet has the chops to speak with authority. I put down this book with a solid opinion in my gut about Afghanistan and I haven't heard from anyone more creditable to change my mind.
Feb 20, 2013
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