The forever war / Dexter Filkins.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2009.Description: x, 368 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780307279446
- DS371.412. F55 2009
“National bestseller”—cover page.
“Winner of the Pulitzer prize”—cover page.
“Stunning….this unforgettable narrative represents ... a haunting spiritual witness that will make this volume a part of this awful war’s history ; Robert Stone, the New York Times book review”—cover page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Part one : Kabul, Afghanistan September 1998—1. Only this (p. 13)—2. Forebodings (p. 38)—3. Jang (p. 48)—Part two : Baghdad, Iraq, March 2003—4. Land of hope and sorrow (p. 71)—5. I love you, March 2003 (p. 87)—6. Gone forever (p. 95)—7. A hand in the air (p. 114)—8. A disease (p. 136)—9. The man within (p. 149)—10. Kill yourself (p. 168)—11. Pearland (p. 189)—12. The vanishing world (p. 218)—13. Just talking (p. 239)—14. The Mahdi (p. 245)—15. Proteus (p. 254)—16. The revolution devours its own (p. 272)—17. The Labyrinth (p. 281)—18. Fuck us (p. 296)—19. The boss (p. 307)—20. The turning (p. 315)—21. The departed (p. 328)—Acknowledgments (p. 343)—Notes (p. 347)—Index (p. 355).