Hopeless but Optimistic

preview-18
  • Hopeless but Optimistic Book Detail

  • Author : Douglas A. Wissing
  • Release Date : 2016-08-08
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 192
  • ISBN 13 : 0253023335
  • File Size : 77,77 MB

Hopeless but Optimistic by Douglas A. Wissing PDF Summary

Book Description: “A fascinating ground level account of the effect of absurd and inappropriate Washington strategies on Afghans and on American soldiers.”—Abdulkader Sinno, author of Organizations at War in Afghanistan & Beyond Award-winning journalist Douglas A. Wissing’s poignant and eye-opening journey across insurgency-wracked Afghanistan casts an unyielding spotlight on greed, dysfunction, and predictable disaster while celebrating the everyday courage and wisdom of frontline soldiers, idealistic humanitarians, and resilient Afghans. As Wissing hauls a hundred pounds of body armor and pack across the Afghan warzone in search of the ground truth, US officials frantically spin a spurious victory narrative, American soldiers try to keep their body parts together, and Afghans try to stay positive and strain to figure out their next move after the US eventually leaves. As one technocrat confided to Wissing, “I am hopeless—but optimistic.” Along with a deep inquiry into the 21st-century American way of war and an unforgettable glimpse of the enduring culture and legacy of Afghanistan, Hopeless but Optimistic includes the real stuff of life: the austere grandeur of Afghanistan and its remarkable people; warzone dining, defecation, and sex; as well as the remarkable shopping opportunities for men whose job is to kill. Silver Medal, War & Military, Foreword Indies Awards Silver Medal, Current Events, Independent Publisher Book Awards “A scathing dispatch from an embedded journalist in Afghanistan . . . Pungent, embittered, eye-opening observations of a conflict involving lessons still unlearned.”—Kirkus Reviews “Here we confront in granular detail the waste and folly that is America’s war in Afghanistan.”—Andrew J. Bacevich, author of The Age of Illusions

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Hopeless but Optimistic books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Hopeless but Optimistic

Hopeless but Optimistic

File Size : 33,33 MB
Total View : 6173 Views
DOWNLOAD

“A fascinating ground level account of the effect of absurd and inappropriate Washington strategies on Afghans and on American soldiers.”—Abdulkader Sinno

Pioneer in Tibet

Pioneer in Tibet

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 5538 Views
DOWNLOAD

Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary and explorer who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. During the G

Funding the Enemy

Funding the Enemy

File Size : 41,41 MB
Total View : 5568 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book explores the mismanagement of American aid to Afghanistan and how these taxpayer dollars have wound up in the coffers of the Taliban, effectively losi

Gentleman in the Shadows

Gentleman in the Shadows

File Size : 34,34 MB
Total View : 2670 Views
DOWNLOAD

"Gentleman in the Shadows is a biography of Benjamin C. Evans Jr., a Central Intelligence Agency executive who operated at the top levels of the U.S. intelligen

IN Writing

IN Writing

File Size : 33,33 MB
Total View : 6831 Views
DOWNLOAD

“Quirky, well-crafted essays” by an award-winning journalist about his home state of Indiana, filled with characters famous, notorious, and unknown (Indiana