Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation by Rasmussen, Sune Engel

Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation

An intimate history of the Afghan war--and the young Afghans whose dreams it enabled and dashed. No...
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Author: Sune Engel Rasmussen
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Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation by Rasmussen, Sune Engel

Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation

$67.95

Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation

$67.95
Author: Sune Engel Rasmussen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An intimate history of the Afghan war--and the young Afghans whose dreams it enabled and dashed.

No country was more deeply affected by 9/11 than Afghanistan: an entire generation grew up amid the upheaval that began that day. Young Afghans knew the promise of freedom, democracy, and safety, fought with each other over its meaning--and then witnessed its collapse. In Twenty Years, the Wall Street Journal correspondent Sune Engel Rasmussen draws on more than a decade of reporting from the country to tell Afghanistan's story from a new angle. Through the eyes of newly empowered women, skilled entrepreneurs, driven insurgents, and abandoned Western allies, we see the United States and its partners bring new freedoms and wealth, only to preside over the corruption, war-lordism, and social division that led to the Taliban's return to power.

Rasmussen relates this history via two main characters: Zahra, who returns from abroad with high hopes for her liberated county, where she must fight to escape a brutal marriage and rebuild her life; and Omari, who joins the Taliban to protect the honor of his village and country and winds up wrestling with doubt and the trauma of war after achieving victory. We also meet Parasto, who risks her life running clandestine girls' schools under the new Taliban regime, and Fahim, a rags-to-riches tycoon who is forced to flee. With intimate access to these and other characters, Rasmussen offers deep insight into a country betrayed by the West and Taliban alike.

Author: Sune Engel Rasmussen
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 08/06/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780374609948

About the Author
Sune Engel Rasmussen has reported in Afghanistan extensively for The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, where he now covers Afghanistan, Iran, and European security affairs. The author of a 2019 Danish-language book on Afghanistan, he lives in London. His work has also appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Economist, National Geographic, GQ, Newsweek, and Time.

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