内容简介
NationalBestsellerOneoftheBestBooksoftheYear:NewYorkTimes,WashingtonPost,LosAngelesTimes,USAToday,BostonGlobe,andTime?Aninstantclassicofwarreporting,TheForeverWaristhedefinitiveaccountofAmerica'sconflictwithIslamicfundamentalismandasearingexplorationofitshumancosts.ThroughtheeyesofFilkins,aforeigncorrespondentfortheNewYorkTimes,wewitnesstheriseoftheTalibaninthe1990s,theaftermathoftheattackonNewYorkonSeptember11th,andtheAmericanwarsinAfghanistanandIraq.FilkinsistheonlyAmericanjournalisttohavereportedonalltheseevents,andhisexperiencesareconveyedinarivetingnarrativefilledwithunforgettablecharactersandastonishingscenes.?Brilliantandfearless,TheForeverWarisnotjustaboutAmerica'swarsafter9/11,butaboutthenatureofwaritself.
作者简介
DexterFilkins,aforeigncorrespondentforTheNewYorkTimes,hascoveredthewarsinAfghanistanandIraqsince2001.Beforethat,heworkedfortheLosAngelesTimes,wherehewaschiefofthepaper’sNewDelhibureau,andforTheMiamiHerald.HehasbeenafinalistforaPulitzerPrizeandawinnerofaGeorgePolkAwardandtwoOverseasPressClubawards.Mostrecently,hewasafellowattheCarrCenterforHumanRightsPolicyatHarvardUniversity.HelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts.