What the Taliban Told Me by Ian Fritz

What the Taliban Told Me

Ian Fritz

255 pages first pub 2023 (view editions)

nonfiction history memoir medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers seeking a deeply personal and reflective account of military service, language, and the moral complexities of war from a linguist's unique perspective in Afghanistan.

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But the Air Force recognizes his potential and sends him to the elite Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, to learn Dari and Pashto, the main languages of Afghanistan. By 2011, Fritz was an airborne cryptologic linguist and one of o...

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challenging: 68%

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