Overview
On the tenth anniversary of Canada's involvement, a leading journalist offers a fascinating assessment of Canada's past and present role in the Afghan war Of the 33,000 troops under NATO command in Afghanistan in October 2006, 12,000 were Americans and 2,500 were Canadians. Deployed to southern Afghanistan, the Canadian forces were charged with ending the violent insurgency in Kandahar Province. The Savage War offers a compelling look at how the war has been conducted by Canada and its allies on the ground and at the highest echelons. With unprecedented access to classified documents and the exceptional storytelling skills that have made him an award-winning reporter, Murray Brewster offers a powerful new perspective on the war. Told in the first person by a journalist who's spent more time in the trenches than any of his peers, The Savage War provides a candid look at the war's principal figures captured in off-camera moments and the daily, gritty reality of ordinary soldiers and Afghans. And as Canada prepares to take on a new mission in Afghanistan, this is the first comprehensive account of the five most significant years of the war and the key moments in it that shaped history. Murray Brewster provides tough-minded analysis and a critique of bureaucracy as well as revelations about corruption-sure to incite commentary and stir controversy Includes eyewitness accounts, exclusive interviews, and access to classified documents An unflinching, unvarnished analysis of Canada's role in the war, told in first-person by a journalist who has sat in trenches with soldiers, and also in the living room of 24 Sussex Drive with the prime minister Taking readers beyond punditry and political spin, The Savage War is the first comprehensive account of the key moments in the Afghan war that have shaped history. Many have asked what went wrong. The Savage War tackles this question head on.
Full Product Details
Author: Murray Brewster
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.710kg
ISBN: 9781118115930
ISBN 10: 1118115937
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 October 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Author Information
MURRAY BREWSTER (Ottawa) is the Senior Defence Correspondent with The Canadian Press. Since 2006, Brewster logged 15 months on the ground in Afghanistan. When not in Kandahar, he covered the war in Ottawa, London, Paris, Washington and other NATO capitals. Some of the stories he has broken have rattled chains in Ottawa-the Veterans Affairs privacy scandal involving Sean Bruyea, the dumping of veterans ombudsman Pat Stogran, the role of CSIS in interrogations of captured Taliban fighters, and DND's silence over wounded soldiers. He has been interviewed on the CBC, CTV, and on radio stations across the country, and has lectured to Canadian and American forces and journalists. Brewster was a finalist (1989) in the Michener Awards for public service in journalism.
