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Title The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Kim Barker
Imprint New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2012
©2012

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Geografi och historia  958.1 Barker engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition First Anchor Books edition
Descript viii, 302 pages : map ; 21 cm
Note "Soon to be a major motion picture, Whiskey tango foxtrot, from Paramount"--Cover
Content Innehåll: pt. 1. Kabul high. Welcome to the terrordome ; Montana ; American idiot ; There goes my gun ; One way or another ; March of the pigs ; Monkey gone to heaven ; Message in a bottle ; Let's get radical ; Hell yes ; My new house ; Barely legal -- pt. 2. Whack-a-stan. Under pressure ; Highway to hell ; God save the queen ; Stray cat strut ; Lucky star ; Suspicious minds ; Rebel, rebel ; Why can't we be friends? ; London calling ; Deadbeat club ; Eye of the tiger ; Bad liver and a broken heart ; Young Americans ; When the man comes around ; Hotel California -- Epilogue: Take it or leave it
Note A wisecracking foreign correspondent recounts her experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan while sharing cautionary observations about the region in its first post-Taliban years and the responsibilities of the U.S. and NATO
Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent OCo she is candid, self-deprecating, and funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about the ability of US might to win hearts and minds in the region. As she does the OCyTaliban shuffleOCO between conflict zones, Barker offers a close-up account of the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after AmericaOCOs initial routing of the Taliban.When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some arenOCOt allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the US and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping.Swift, funny, and wholly original, The Taliban Shuffle unforgettably captures the absurdity and tragedy of our modern wars. -- Publisher description
Subject Barker, Kim, 1970-
Afghan War (2001- )
Since 2000
Afghan War, 2001- -- Press coverage
War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Biography
War correspondents -- Pakistan -- Biography
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Kriget i Afghanistan 2001- -- i pressen
Krigskorrespondenter
Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-
Pakistan -- History -- 21st century
Afghanistan
Pakistan
United States
Förena staterna
USA
Biography.
Biografi
History.
Classmark 958.1047
Translation Whiskey tango foxtrot
ISBN/ISSN 9780307477385 (paperback)
030747738X (paperback)
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