Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-328) and index.
Contents
Prelude : the end -- Little America -- Yaqub -- City of dust -- Mullah Omar's drought -- Into the minefield -- Salaam to Helmand -- A million dollars a mile -- The place of the soldiers -- Jack of all trades -- The Babaji abduction -- Christmas in Helmand -- The warlords' vendetta -- Guns and poppies -- New California -- Traveling difficulties -- The way of love -- Good cop, bad cop -- Politics as usual -- The royal bungalow -- The indispensable warlords -- Back on track -- Gunfire in the backyard -- Valley of death -- Defining success -- Three days in May -- In limbo -- Helmand at war -- Badakhshan.