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A "sharp-eyed look at the complexities of war" ( Parade ), that explores the inner workings of the Human Terrain System, a Pentagon program that sends civilian social scientists into war zones to help soldiers understand local culture. On the day Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, a small group of American civilians took their optimism and experience to a village west of Kandahar, Afghanistan. They were part of the Pentagon's controversial attempt to bring social science to the battlefield, driven by the notion that you can't win a war if you don't understand the enemy and his culture. The field team in Afghanistan that day included an intrepid Texas blonde, a former bodyguard for Afghan president Hamid Karzai, and an ex-military intelligence sergeant who had come to Afghanistan to make peace with his troubled past. But not all goes as planned. In this tale of moral suspense, journalist Vanessa Gezari follows these three idealists from the hope that brought them to Afghanistan through the events of the fateful day when one is gravely wounded, an Afghan is dead, and a proponent of cross-cultural engagement is charged with his murder. Through it all, these brave Ame

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Author

Vanessa M. Gezari

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439177396

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Political Science, Fiction

Rating

3.65 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14