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Aftermath Nir Rosen

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As Iraq confronts a bleak and uncertain future and instability spreads throughout the region, an award winning journalist describes the new shape of the Middle East

Aftermath Zusammenfassung

Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World Nir Rosen

Nir Rosen's Aftermath , an extraordinary feat of reporting, follows the contagious spread of radicalism and sectarian violence that the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing civil war have unleashed in the Muslim world. Rosen- who the Weekly Standard once bitterly complained hasgreat access to the Baathists and jihadists who make up the Iraqi insurgency- has spent nearly a decade among warriors and militants who have been challenging American power in the Muslim world. In Aftermath , he tells their story, showing the other side of the U.S. war on terror, traveling from the battle-scarred streets of Baghdad to the alleys, villages, refugee camps, mosques, and killing grounds of Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and finally Afghanistan, where Rosen has a terrifying encounter with the Taliban as theirguest, and witnesses the new Obama surge fizzling in southern Afghanistan. Rosen was one of the few Westerners to venture inside the mosques of Baghdad to witness the first stirrings of sectarian hatred in the months after the U.S. invasion. He shows how weapons, tactics, and sectarian ideas from the civil war in Iraq penetrated neighbouring countries and threatened their stability, especially Lebanon and Jordan, where new jihadist groups mushroomed. Moreover, he shows that the spread of violence at the street level is often the consequence of specific policies hatched in Washington, D.C. Rosen offers a seminal and provocative account of the surge, told from the perspective of U.S. troops on the ground, the Iraqi security forces, Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents that were both allies and adversaries. He also tells the story of what happened to these militias once they outlived their usefulness to the Americans. Aftermath is both a unique personal history and an unsparing account of what America has wrought in Iraq and the region. The result is a hair- raising, 360-degree view of the modern battlefield its consequent humanitarian catastrophe, and the reality of counterinsurgency.

Aftermath Bewertungen

Beyond Fundamentalism A searing, first-hand account of the consequences of America's war on terrorism by one of the most respected voices on the Middle East. Honest, fearless, devastating. No one but Nir Rosen could have written this book. NOAM CHOMSKY It is a painful experience to read Nir Rosen's highly informed account of the destruction of Iraq and the spread of the plague of sectarian violence incited by the invasion to Lebanon and beyond. The image this meticulously detailed rendition brings to mind is of a brutal ignoramus wielding a sledgehammer to smash a complex structure he does not understand, with unpredictable but predictably awful consequences. Amazingly, Rosen finds rays of hope in the ruins. No less compelling, and distressing, is his vivid account of his experiences in Taliban-controlled territory. An indispensable contribution to the understanding of great contemporary tragedies. Parag Khanna, author of THOMAS E. RICKS, author of Fiasco and The Gamble If you think you understand the war in Iraq, or just think you should try to, read this book. This is a deep dive through the last seven years of America's foray into the Middle East. No one will agree with everything here, but anyone interested in what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan will benefit from reading it. ANDREW J. BACEVICH, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War For Americans, the story of U.S. military involvement in the Islamic world centers on 'us' not 'them,' with Afghans and Iraqis cast as victims or bystanders. In this brilliantly reported and deeply humane book, Nir Rosen demolishes this self-serving picture, depicting the relationship between the occupied and the occupiers in all its nuanced complexity. Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and

Über Nir Rosen

Nir Rosen is the author of In the Belly of the Green Bird and has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The Atlantic, Time, Mother Jones, The New Republic, and Rolling Stone. A fellow at the NYU centre on Law and Security, he lives in Beirut and New York City.

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GOR004720880
9781568584010
1568584016
Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World Nir Rosen
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Avalon Publishing Group
20101026
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