Every Man in This Village is a Liar
An Education in War
New York : Doubleday, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: ix, 257 pages ; 25 cm
"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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Stack, Megan K. -- Travel -- Middle East.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Terrorism -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
War and society -- Middle East.
Women war correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Americans -- Middle East -- Biography.
Middle East -- History, Military -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Biography.
Stack, Megan K. -- Travel -- Middle East.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Terrorism -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
War and society -- Middle East.
Women war correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Americans -- Middle East -- Biography.
Middle East -- History, Military -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780385527163
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