Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way, (Paperback)

from Kaethe

Krakauer writes so clearly, than even though I wasn't really up on the whole Three Cups of Tea concept, I fully understood what was going on. Turns out this guy, Mortenson, is great at getting people to give him money, but he is lousy at managing a multi-million-dollar charity. As various well-in...

from allthesedarnbooks

This book is a short (at about 75 pages) and well-written critique of Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asian Institute (henceforth referred to as the CAI) and best-selling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. Jon Krakauer's works are always readable and thoroughly researched...

from techeditor

The title, THREE CUPS OF DECEIT : HOW GREG MORTENSEN, HUMANITARIAN HERO, LOST HIS WAY, by Jon Krakauer, is a play on the words "three cups of tea," the title of the book by Greg Mortenson. Mortenson's book describes his good works in Afghanistan, building schools, the best way to defeat the Talib...

from BookWallah

Wow. How could so many of us (in the USA) have been fooled for so long? Like many I wanted to believe all these schools were being built, that they were being staffed, that students lives were being changed. Now I am not so sure. As other reviewers here have said, the story is still playing out i...

from Kaethe

Krakauer writes so clearly, than even though I wasn't really up on the whole Three Cups of Tea concept, I fully understood what was going on. Turns out this guy, Mortenson, is great at getting people to give him money, but he is lousy at managing a multi-million-dollar charity. As various well-in...