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We Can’t Win In Afghanistan

Dexter Filkins reviews a new book by Bing West: Americans are fighting and dying, while the Afghans by and large stand by and do nothing to help them. Afghanistan’s leaders, from the presidential palace in Kabul to the river valleys … Continue reading

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Dexter Filkins – ‘The Forever War’

This book was one of the top five books published in 2008. Here are my questions: Hi Dexter, As every civilian reader must tell you, I’m amazed you are still alive. I’m amazed more reporters have not been killed. * … Continue reading

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Dexter Filkins, The Forever War

This is a great book. Here’s my favorite story so far: ‘"We’ve got this girl here in the company – blonde, she’s hot," the captain said. "This is when we were up in Mosul. We had to search all these … Continue reading

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