To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind
The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind
$36.27
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2014
Summary
The “searing” (The New Yorker), “must read” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) memoir of “one of the few genuine heroes of America’s war in Iraq” (Dexter Filkins).
In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID’s (US Agency for International Development) only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted to help rebuild Iraq. Working as the USAID’s first reconstruction coordinato…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476710495 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 147671049X |
| Author: | Kirk W. Johnson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 145mm x 218mm |
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Critics Review
“What is so intriguing about this beautifully written book is that while it is a scathing critique of America’s policy toward Iraq, it is not one of your usual policy books. To Be a Friend is Fatal is a deeply personal and poignant story about how one young American’s passion and curiosity lead him to a distant and troubled land, where his empathy and sense justice prevent him from giving up on the people abandoned by the U.S. government.”–Azar Nafisi, New York Times-bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran
Kirk W. Johnson
Kirk W. Johnson has become the leading public voice on the plight of America’s Iraqi allies. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Fulbright Scholar, and recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin and Yaddo, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Policy. Founder of the List Project, Johnson lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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