Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan (Hardcover) by Tamim Ansary

from the.ken.petersen

This is a book which could only be written by someone with a foot in both camps. Tamim Ansary is an Afghan who has spent many years living in America. He produces an excellent book which neither denigrates one, or the other culture and provides an insight to Westerners as to the mindset of the Af...

from careburpee

(Perseus Books Group kindly gave me a pre-publication galley of this book, but it will be available to the general public on 27 November 2012.) Of all the histories I have read on Afghanistan, and I have read more than a few, Tamim Ansary's is absolutely the best. Whether your knowledge is a clea...

from larryerick

This is a book I needed to read if was to get beyond the cable news sound-bites, and slanted political rhetoric of our Central Asian conflicts and Afghanistan in particular. I have previously read several books covering Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, but they were not comprehensive and were oft...

from the.ken.petersen

This is a book which could only be written by someone with a foot in both camps. Tamim Ansary is an Afghan who has spent many years living in America. He produces an excellent book which neither denigrates one, or the other culture and provides an insight to Westerners as to the mindset of the Af...

from careburpee

(Perseus Books Group kindly gave me a pre-publication galley of this book, but it will be available to the general public on 27 November 2012.) Of all the histories I have read on Afghanistan, and I have read more than a few, Tamim Ansary's is absolutely the best. Whether your knowledge is a clea...