Background
Filkins, Dexter Price was born on May 24, 1961 in Cincinnati. Son of Cedric Eugene and Helen Jean (Samp) Filkins.
( National Bestseller One of the Best Books of the Year:...)
National Bestseller One of the Best Books of the Year: New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Time An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs. Through the eyes of Filkins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, we witness the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, the aftermath of the attack on New York on September 11th, and the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Filkins is the only American journalist to have reported on all these events, and his experiences are conveyed in a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters and astonishing scenes. Brilliant and fearless, The Forever War is not just about America's wars after 9/11, but about the nature of war itself.
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(* Many books have already been written about the wars in ...)
* Many books have already been written about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and about the War on Terror - how they happened and why, how they've succeeded and failed. The Forever War is not that kind of book: rather than argument or hand-wringing, Dexter Filkins offers us a kaleidoscopic tour of the great conflicts of our time. * Through his eyes as a reporter on the ground, we witness the events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, led to the September 11 attacks in 2001, and culminated in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. * Filkins is the only American reporter to have witnessed all these events on his own and close-up - public executions and ampatations; the destruction of the twin towers; the collapse of the Taliban in 2001; over five years of grinding struggle in Iraq. * We move across a vast and various landscape of amazing characters and astonishing scenes. We meet Iraqi insurgents and American soldiers; Afghan rebels and Taliban clerics. We travel to deserts and glaciers and mountaintops, to the scenes of suicide bombings and into the homes of the bombers themselves.* Like no other book, The Forever War will provide a visceral understanding of the War on Terror, its victims, and the people who fight it. It will show what war is, what this particular war is, and how it feels.
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Filkins, Dexter Price was born on May 24, 1961 in Cincinnati. Son of Cedric Eugene and Helen Jean (Samp) Filkins.
Bachelor in Political Science with high honors, University Florida, 1983. Master of Philosophy in International Relations, University Oxford, England, 1986.
Legislation aide to United States senator Lawton Chiles, Washington, 1983-1984. Reporter Miami Herald, 1986—1995, Los Angeles Times, 1995—1997, bureau chief New Delhi, 1997—2000. Reporter, foreign correspondent New York Times, since 2000, correspondent Baghdad bureau, 2003—2006.
( National Bestseller One of the Best Books of the Year:...)
(* Many books have already been written about the wars in ...)
Member of Phi Beta Kappa.