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As a foreign correspondent for the new york times, dexter filkins has covered the wars in afghanistan and iraq since 2001. Wednesday, january 8 through friday, january 30, 2009. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Dexter filkins, the author of the forever war, is a new york times foreign. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have search hundreds times for their favorite readings like this the. I should probably confess right away that im not a fan of journalism. Haldeman wrote this specifically as a reaction to the vietnam war, of which he was a veteran. Washington post book world best nonfiction of 2008 dexter filkins s the forever war is the best piece of war journalism ive ever read.
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