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Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War

By Stack , Megan K

Book information

Publisher
Random House Digital, Inc.;Doubleday
Year
2010
ISBN
9780385532686, 9780385527163, 0385532687
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
448 kB (458888 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
ix, 257 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
2001-2009;Terrorism;Travel;War and society;Women wAmericans--Middle East;HISTORY--Middle East--GenerMegan K;Middle East -- HistoryMegan K. -- Travel -- Middle East;StackMilitary -- 21st century;Terrorism -- Middle East

Description

Every man in this village is a liar -- Chasing ghosts -- As long as you can pay for it -- Terrorism and other stories -- Forgive us our trespasses -- The living martyr -- The leader -- Sacrifice -- We expected something better -- A question of cost -- Loddi doddi, we likes to party -- A city built on garbage -- The earthquake nobody felt -- All things light, and all things dark -- There would be consequences -- Killing the dead -- I thought I was a salamander.;"Every Man in This Village Is a Liar" is LA Times reporter Megan K. Stack's riveting account of what she saw in the combat zones of the Middle East, in war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan, and beyond. She relates her initial wild excitement and her slow disillusionment as the cost of violence outweighs the elusive promise of freedom and democracy.

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