Iraqis lovehate relationship with americans dexter filkins, a reporter with the new york times, has spent nearly four years in iraq. I will list all of the books below, but want to draw your attention to the most recent addition to the shelf, dexter filkins brilliant, riveting and deeply disquieting the forever war, now making. Dexter filkins is the greatest war correspondent of my generation, and i would say this even if we werent friends. The forever war by dexter filkins 2008, hardcover for sale. Oct 25, 2008 thus what might be a fault with dexter filkins s the forever war that the reader is sometimes confronted by the feeling that, for all the urgency and skill of his writing, he has not quite. Buy a cheap copy of the forever war book by dexter filkins. From the front lines of the battle against islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. After months of negotiation, middle east correspondent dexter filkins, a 2007 nieman fellow, is leaving the new york times and heading to the new yorker. He has a brand new book out called the forever war. Filkins is a reporter for the new york times, and the forever war is a memoir of his first eight. Is journalist dexter filkins dating anyone after his divorce. His 2008 book, the forever war, is on my necessary bookshelf for anyone who wants to really understand what was going on in iraq in all those years. Dexter filkins has put himself in the middle of this madness to deliver a stunning and illuminating story. Dexter filkins joined the new yorker as a staff writer in 2011.
Dexter filkins is perhaps the finest combat journalist of our era. Aug 27, 2008 baghdad correspondent dexter filkins responds to readers questions about iraq, war reporting and his new book, the forever war. Dexter filkins penguin random house speakers bureau. It was published september 16, 2008 and was a new york times bestseller. Dexter filkins is a staff writer at the new yorker and the author of the forever war, which won a national book critics circle award. The forever war by dexter filkinsthe drama and urgency of dexter filkins writing is superb, says peter beaumont. Apr 08, 2014 war correspondent dexter filkins discusses his new book, the forever war. Sep 19, 2008 to discuss that situation with me, an extraordinary guest in studio, dexter filkins, who is the new york times correspondent who youve often heard referred to on this program by john burns and others as one of the preeminent war correspondents of our time. The untold stories from iraq by michael kamber, with an introduction by dexter filkins. The new yorkers dexter filkins on syria the hugh hewitt show. Washington post book world best nonfiction of 2008 dexter filkins s the forever war is the best piece of war journalism ive ever read. Dexter filkins biography, age, education, wife, career, books. I chose pulitzerprize winning journalist dexter filkins. He is an american journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in iraq and afghanistan for the new york times.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He paints a portrait of war that is so nuanced, so filled with absurdities. We meet iraqi insurgents and american soldiers, afghan rebels and taliban clerics. He was previously a foreign correspondent for the new york times, where he covered the wars in afghanistan and iraq beginning in 2001. It is a collection of the authors work for the new york times, covering wars in. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Filkins, who at that point had been writing for the new york times but now writes for the new yorker, had spent many years in iraq, covering the war for the times.
Author of the awardwinning novel the forever war and a frequent contributor to the new yorker, filkins engages audiences with tales of reporting from the front lines. Dexter filkins in the forever war provides his readers with a vivid, emotionally searing, and intensely personal description of his experiences covering the wars in afghanistan and iraq. The forever war by dexter filkins 2008, hardcover for. Dexter price filkins born may 24, 1961 is an american journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in iraq and afghanistan for the new york times. Andrew corsello, gq dexter filkins is one of war writings modern marvels, a writer of tremendous gifts and appropriate grit to go where others will not. Klay succeeds brilliantly, capturing on an intimate scale the ways in which the war in iraq evoked a unique array of emotion, predicament and heartbreak.
Washington post book world best nonfiction of 2008 dexter filkinss the forever war is the best piece of war journalism ive ever read. Apr 29, 2019 dexter filkins is a staff writer at the new yorker and the author of the forever war, which won a national book critics circle award. I should probably confess right away that im not a fan of journalism. Thus what might be a fault with dexter filkins s the forever war that the reader is sometimes confronted by the feeling that, for all the urgency and skill of his writing, he has not quite. Apr 29, 2014 exploring what we left behind in iraq new yorker writer dexter filkins finds an increasingly authoritarian prime minister nouri almaliki sectarian violence, and concern for the future. Nov 11, 2010 february 25, 2009 the new york times foreign correspondent dexter filkins reports that the taliban are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign in afghanistan a fact evidenced by a 40. War correspondent dexter filkins discusses his new book, the forever war. Jun 02, 2009 dexter filkins has put himself in the middle of this madness to deliver a stunning and illuminating story. The forever war npr coverage of the forever war by dexter filkins.
The forever war by dexter filkins books the guardian. He was a finalist for a pulitzer prize in 2002 for his dispatches from afghanistan, and he won a pulitzer in 2009 as part of a team of times reporters for their dispatches from pakistan and afghanistan. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to dexter filkins. The forever war is about all wars, everywhereand a book that will be read fifty years from now.
Dexter filkins leaves the new york times for the new yorker. Sep 16, 2008 dexter filkins, a foreign correspondent for the new york times, has covered the wars in afghanistan and iraq since 2001. Dexter filkins is a pulitzer prizewinning foreign correspondent who has covered the wars in afghanistan and iraq since 2001. But the war and being so far from home took its toll on filkins, and i found that compelling. New york times war correspondent dexter filkins the hugh. National bestsellerone of the best books of the year. Sep 14, 2008 with the publication of dexter filkinss stunning book, it seems the journals of correspondents in the middle east will take their place as the preeminent record of americas lateimperial. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the forever war. Filkins book, the forever war, is about his experiences in afghanistan and iraq.
He has written about the murder of a journalist in pakistan, the uprisings in yemen, the war in afghanistan, the crises in syria and. Now, in the tradition of dispatches, with the publication of dexter filkinss stunning book, the forever war, it seems the journals of the brave correspondents assigned to the middle east will. A look at michael kambers new book photos abc news. Hes also of course reported from afghanistan, from pakistan, and earlier this week, posted on syria at the new yorker. He details these stories in his new book,the forever war. In the forever war, awardwinning new york times correspondent dexter filkins does not analyse how these wars happened and why, or where they have succeeded or failed. He paints a portrait of war that is so nuanced, so filled with absurdities and. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dexter filkins books online. Filkins is quite the private person, he tried to keep the news about the divorce out of the.
A new book, photojournalists at war, is an oral history of the iraq war from the perspective of three dozen photojournalists who documented it from the front lines. The forever war, new york times journalist filkins collects together his dispatches from various frontlines in afghanistan and iraq. Chuck leddy, christian science monitor filkins is the real deal, a reporters reporter. Sep 02, 2008 dexter filkins is the greatest war correspondent of my generation, and i would say this even if we werent friends. I resent the whole idea of getting information from people who are in the business of selling it. It is a collection of the authors work for the new york times, covering wars in iraq and afghanistan since 1998. The forever war won the national book critics circle award for best nonfiction book of 2008, and was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by the new york times. Dexter filkins joined the new yorker in january of 2011. The forever war book by dexter filkins thriftbooks. He paints a portrait of war that is so nuanced, so filled with absurdities and heartbreak and.
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