Graeme Smith (2) (1979–)
Autor/a de The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan
Per altres autors anomenats Graeme Smith, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
Graeme Smith is a Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group. He covered the Afghan war for The Globe and Mail from 2005 to 2009, spending more time in southern Afghanistan during that period than any other Western journalist. He is currently based in Kabul. Follow him on Twitter @smithkabul mostra'n més or visit www.ourwarinafgiianistan.com. mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: photo credit: Marc Bryan-Brown photography www.ryerson.ca
Obres de Graeme Smith
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1979
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Ontario, Canada
- Llocs de residència
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kabul, Afghanistan
Moscow, Russia - Educació
- Ryerson University
- Professions
- Foreign Correspondent
documentary filmmaker - Organitzacions
- Globe and Mail
International Crisis Group - Premis i honors
- Emmy
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 1
- Membres
- 72
- Popularitat
- #243,043
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 54
- Llengües
- 1
After spending time in the country over a period of years extending from 2003 to 2013, he feels the war is really a family feud not unlike the family squabble depicted in the TV program, The Sopranos. Many Taliban fighters told him that if foreign troops left the country, they would stop fighting. They just want a Muslim government that would be free of Western influences.
He also confirmed what I read in other sources that air strikes were driving men to join the insurgents because they had lost family and friends to those strikes which often target innocent people. He also feels that destroying poppy fields alienated Afghan farmers because that is one crop they can grow successfully and find a ready market for.
This is a book that should make you very angry because of all the mistakes the Western countries have made there. If don't agree with Smith, at least he will make you think about what we have done there. He does include the views of military, political and civilian leaders who are much more optimistic about the future of Afghanistan.
The title refers to what sometimes happens to the insurgents' bodies when they are not buried immediately after a fire fight.… (més)