Ian Fritz

Broschiertes Buch

What the Taliban Told Me

Beschreibung

In the tradition of Tim Oâ Brien and Phil Klay, a memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost.

Autor

Ian Fritz

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 138mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781668010679
• ISBN-10: 1668010674
• Artikelnr.: 69972657

Rezensionen

"The war in Afghanistan ranks as America's longest, a conflict that started with strong public support in 2001 but ended two decades later misunderstood, controversial-and unwon. Ian Fritz's book illuminates not only the American side, the little-known polyglot world of U.S. military linguists in particular, but also that of the Taliban. Fritz has done something difficult and noteworthy. He is a blunt and thoughtful guide who brings the Taliban to us in their own words, beyond the caricatures, and helps us understand who they, "the enemy," really are-their war zone comradery, motivations, and humor amid all the violence. And why, in the end, they won the war. In these pages, Taliban voices have lasting echoes because Ian Fritz is a good listener and compelling writer."

-J. Kael Weston, author of The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan