Afghanistan Journal
Selections from Registan.net| By: | Joshua Foust |
| Publisher: | PM Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9781935982029 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781935982074 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The coldest I have ever been in my life was in the mountains of Afghanistan. I was in a helicopter with the windows and doors open. It was dark, the middle of winter, and I wasn’t wearing a jacket. But up there, something became clear to me: America is fighting its wars all wrong.…
Thus starts Joshua Foust's riveting and thoughtful account of the US military's engagement in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010. In early 2009, Foust, a long-time analyst of Central Asian affairs and a respected blogger, got his first chance to go to the country he had been fascinated with for so long. He brought to the trip—and to this book—not just a wealth of knowledge about the country, but also an intelligence and sensitivity that informed all his writings during and after the trip.