Every man in this village is a liar : an education in war
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385527163
- ISBN: 0385527160
- ISBN: 9780767930345
- ISBN: 0767930347
- Physical Description: ix, 257 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, ©2010.
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Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Awards Note: | National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, 2010 |
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