 | The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $2.10 Fantastic story, a must read.
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 | Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
Buy used from: $9.99 This book provides a background to the US involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Charlie Wilson, himself, provides some good comic relief to a heart wrenching topic.
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 | Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $2.55 |
 | The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $17.29 Gives a great account of work done in Kunar. Another chapter gives excellent background on the Iraq surge as well.
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 | The Kite Runner
Buy used from: $2.70 Fantastic novel!
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 | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Buy used from: $3.66 Hosseini is a fantastic novelist and I enjoyed both books.
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 | The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $0.55 When I went to Kabul I felt so compelled to find this litte bookseller!
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 | Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.79 This book can be a bit intimidating because of its length, but it is well worth the read.
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 | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Buy new: $9.47 / Used from: $2.68 this was the book that got me interested in Afghanistan and led me to quitting my job, going to Afghanistan, and now I am in grad school studying the war...
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