Título:
The three battles of Wanat : and other true stories / Mark Bowden.
ISBN:
9780802124111
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Edición:
First edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2016]
©2016
Descripción física:
xii, 474 pages ; 24 cm
Contenido:
War. The three battles of Wanat ; The ploy ; The last ace ; The killing machines ; Jihadists in paradise --Profiles. Just Joe ; The inheritance ; The bright sun of Juche ; Defending the indefensible ; The angriest man in television ; The measured man --Sports. The silent treatment ; The hardest job in football ; The man who broke Atlantic City ; Attila's headset --Essays. The story behind the story ; The great guinea hen massacre ; Rebirth of the guineas ; Cry Wolfe ; Abraham Lincoln is an idiot ; Dumb kids' class ; Saddam on Saddam ; "Zero Dark Thirty" is not pro-torture.
Síntesis:
"In addition to three extraordinary pieces on war, this book includes Bowden's incisive sports writing, think pieces, and a selection of fascinating profiles--from a piece on the world's youngest and most baffling dictator, Kim Jong-un, to features on newspaper scion Arthur Sulzberger and The Wire creator, David Simon"--published in Atlantic Monthly.--Back jacket flap.
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