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From the Dept. of Books I Just Ordered on Amazon
January 7, 2010 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 7:08pm | 21 Comments
from a girl riding the Green Line a week or two ago* and read a good review of 
on 
Funny. Amazon put the
Funny. Amazon put the subtitle from Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop to this title. Here's the correct subtitle at Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Empires-Mud-Wars-Warlords-Afghanistan/dp/1850659...
The product description is correct, at least.
http://www.southasiaanalysis.
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers15%5Cpaper1487.html
Thanks to the CIA’s 51 million US dollar grant to the University of Nebraska to produce pictorial textbooks glorifying jihad, killing, maiming and bombing other human beings was made sufficiently entertaining. Sadism could now be cultivated as a virtue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A5339-2002Mar22
In the twilight of the Cold War, the United States spent millions of dollars to supply Afghan schoolchildren with textbooks filled with violent images and militant Islamic teachings, part of covert attempts to spur resistance to the Soviet occupation.
The primers, which were filled with talk of jihad and featured drawings of guns, bullets, soldiers and mines, have served since then as the Afghan school system's core curriculum. Even the Taliban used the American-produced books, though the radical movement scratched out human faces in keeping with its strict fundamentalis
I got "Empires of Mud" for
I got "Empires of Mud" for Christmas, it's pretty cool
someone just wrote about
someone just wrote about these, or linked to others writing about them (hmmm...maybe green line girl?)...because i scribbled the titles on little stickies and put them in my calendar earlier this week. but i didn't get my hands on them yet. i'll be interested to hear your thoughts once you've read them.
I got a good review of this
I got a good review of this book from a girl riding the Green Line a week or two ago
Great chat-up line there.
"Hi, I see you're reading a serious book on counterinsurgency. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Abu Muqawama."
... and if you hadn't revealed your real name, we could all be using it, dammit!
True this, Giustozzi is a
True this, Giustozzi is a breath of fresh air in an area that is stifling because of the rush to publish by so many nitwits. Loved his earlier books. He ranks right up there with Barnett R. Rubin, Thomas Barfield, who is coming out with a book this spring, and Bernt Glatzer (RIP). I would add Dupree, but he is a little too romantically James Michener-esque for my taste.
Green line girls are the
Green line girls are the hottest!!!
I know Meel or Indian clubs
I know Meel or Indian clubs are popular in Iran and India, but are they also popular in Pakistan and Afghanistan? If the Taleban are using this as part of their workout regiment then maybe our troops can also adopt them, in addition to their crossfit regiment.
http://www.agelesstrength.com/photo-gallery.html
Guys, I would be buying
Guys, I would be buying books about
Mali, Sudan, Ethopia, Kenya, and Somalia.................they are the future for consulting.
I'd recommend THIS
I'd recommend THIS
I like how this whole "I've
I like how this whole "I've given up blogging, I'm only posting on big stuff" thing is going for you. Nice to hear from you again.
@Schmedlap, That's a 107$
@Schmedlap,
That's a 107$ book . In any case most of us figure that out quick after basic training, OBC, etc....
Great article from today's
Great article from today's Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/09/afghanistan-us-troops-surge-...
@Po Boy Sorry. I got mine
@Po Boy
Sorry. I got mine for considerably less. I'm willing to sell it for $150.
is there a reason to
is there a reason to "decode" the taliban? from a sociological POV it is useful to understand the different tribes of the Taliban.. but from a Strategic POV.. it is almost pointless. the taliban would never be successful without massive support from countries that are using them as a proxy against the States.. Russian, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc.. all contribute in some way to the Taliban success just as we.. the States.. helped them in their fight against Russia. The direction we should take in our strategy to win the "long war" is to cut off the ability of the countries previously mentioned to help the Taliban.
Dept books i just ordered
Dept books i just ordered amazon.. OMG! :)
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