Review: Dexter Filkins' 'The Forever War'
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
THE FOREVER WAR, by Dexter Filkins. Knopf, 368 pp., $25.
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Review: The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Toby Clements is impressed by an unvarnished picture of 'the war on terror'In September 1998, Dexter Filkins, the New York Times correspondent in Afghanistan, was invited to a show at a football stadium in Kabul.Four hooded men drove onto the pitch in a Toyota Hi-Lux; they emerged holding a fifth man, this one blindfolded. "In revenge there is life," the loudspeaker announced. This blindfolded...
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'The Forever War' Author Dexter Filkins Recounts War Coverage
PBS (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
New York Times war correspondent Dexter Filkins' book, "The Forever War," provides a window into his experiences covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for much of the last decade. He talks to Jeffrey Brown about reporting from the front lines.
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A Conversation with Dexter Filkins
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Charlie Rose Show - A conversation with Dexter Filkins about his book The Forever War.
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Dexter Filkins the author of The Forever War
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
An interview with Dexter Filkins the author of The Forever War. Weekly Signals (KUCI: University of California-Irvine) Hosts: Mike Kaspar and Natahan Callahan Through the eyes of Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose work was hailed by David Halberstam as "reporting of the highest quality imaginable," we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with...
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The Long Road to Chaos in Pakistan
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Dexter Filkins in the New York Times: The chaos that is engulfing Pakistan appears to represent an especially frightening case of strategic blowback, one that has now begun to seriously undermine the American effort in Afghanistan. Tensions over Washington’s demands...
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‘The Forever War': A ride into the heart-thumping world of utter destruction and combat
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
"The Forever War" by Dexter Filkins; Knopf ($23.95)
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Palin Suggests Interviewers are Journalistically Unethical and Have Problem with "Joe Sixpack"
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
I suppose this is one of the questions conservatives take issue with: Katie Couric asking Gov. Sarah Palin what printed periodicals have helped shape her worldview. The Wall Street Journal? Dexter Filkins in the Times? Foreign Affairs? The Economist? The...
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Show 265 The Forever War. Hugh Hewitt talks to author about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Audio MP3
American Conservative University (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Show 265 Hugh Hewitt talks with New York Times war correspondent Dexter Filkins about his new book, The Forever War. And his look at the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. 15.9MB 69 minutes About the book- 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. Through the eyes of...
