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Author Barker, Kim, 1970- author.

Uniform Title Taliban shuffle
Title Whiskey tango foxtrot : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Kim Barker.

Publication Info. New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  958.104 Bar    ---  Available
Edition First Anchor Books movie tie-in edition.
Description viii, 302 pages : map ; 20 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Originally published as The Taliban shuffle. --- From title page
Contents 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.
Summary A wisecracking foreign correspondent recounts her experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan while sharing cautionary observations about the region in its first post-Taliban years and the responsibilities of the U.S. and NATO.
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Press coverage.
Barker, Kim, 1970-
War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Pakistan -- Biography.
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 1101973129
9781101973127
9780307477385 (pbk.)
9780385533324 (ebook)

 
    
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