Every man in this village is a liar : an education in war / Megan K. Stack.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 257 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780385527163
  • 0385527160
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 63.1 .S696 2010
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.
Summary: "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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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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