Full Description
First time in paperbackA nonfiction thriller that combines the manhunt for a friend's killer in Afghanistanwith a riveting investigation into how warfare has changed since IraqCastner's work as a journalist has extended his following. He is a contributing writer to VICE, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post , the Atlantic , Wired, Foreign Policy, Outside, Buzzfeed, Boston Globe, Time, The Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and on National Public Radio.Brian Castner's newest book, Disappointment River, will be published by Doubleday in spring 2018 (month TK).
Contents
ContentsAuthor's Note xiiiPrologue 1Part I: The Dead1 ﾂ Blast Waves 72 ﾂ Road to Perdition 143 ﾂ A Frozen Funeral 334 ﾂ Cat vs. Cat 50PART II: Tend the Wounded5 ﾂ One Hour to Kandahar 756 ﾂ A Child's Pride 957 ﾂ The Robot Has a Name 1068 ﾂ Breached Hulls 126Part III: Collect the Evidence9 ﾂ Brave New War 14510 ﾂ I'm Going to Kill You Bomb Man 161Part IV: Hunt and Kill11 ﾂ The Black Hole 18112 ﾂ Helmet Fire 21313 ﾂ Khowst Bowl 23314 ﾂ Long and Messy and Gray 255Part V: The Dead Revisited15 ﾂ All the Ways We Live and Die 277Epilogue 306Acknowledgments 309Glossary 311Notes 318Selected Bibliography and Reading List 338
