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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan Book
by Barker, Kim 1970-
Book | 1st ed. | Doubleday, New York : c2011.
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A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent--she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider's account of the "forgotten war" in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America's initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to finish the job. When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some aren't allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the U.S. and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping as the Afghan and Pakistani governments flounder. Barker watches Afghan police recruits make a travesty of practice drills and observes the disorienting turnover of diplomatic staff. She is pursued romantically by the former prime minister of Pakistan and sees adrenaline-fueled colleagues disappear into the clutches of the Taliban. And as her love for these hapless countries grows, her hopes for their stability and security fade. Swift, funny, and wholly original, The Taliban Shuffle unforgettably captures the absurdities and tragedies of life in a war zone. For almost five years, Kim Barker was the South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune, directing coverage of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India. She covered natural disasters like the tsunami in Asia and the earthquake in Kashmir. She tracked manmade disasters - the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the corruption in Afghanistan, the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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  • ISBN: 0385533314 (hc., Doubleday 2011 ed.)
  • ISBN: 9780385533317 (hc., Doubleday 2011 ed.)
  • ISBN: 9781101973127 (2016 Anchor Books movie tie-in pbk.)
  • Physical Description: viii, 302 p. : map ; 22 cm.print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2011.
  • General Note: Book title varies: Original book title "The Taliban shuffle." Movie tie-in edition published with title: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.""Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton."--From publisher.
  • Formatted Contents Note: Pt. 1. Kabul high. Welcome to the terrordome ; Montana ; American idiot ; There goes my gun ; One way or another ; March of the pigs ; Monkey gone to heaven ; Message in a bottle ; Let's get radical ; Hell yes ; My new house ; Barely legal -- pt. 2. Whack-a-stan. Under pressure ; Highway to hell ; God save the queen ; Stray cat strut ; Lucky star ; Suspicious minds ; Rebel, rebel ; Why can't we be friends? ; London calling ; Deadbeat club ; Eye of the tiger ; Bad liver and a broken heart ; Young Americans ; When the man comes around ; Hotel California.
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