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Author:
Larson, Jonathan P., 1947-
Title:
Making friends among the Taliban : a peacemaker's journey in Afghanistan / Jonathan P. Larson.
Publisher:
Herald Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
129 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Terry, Dan,--1946-2010.
Taliban.
Humanitarian assistance--Afghanistan.
Americans--Afghanistan--Biography.
Social workers--Afghanistan--Biography.
Afghanistan--Social life and customs.
Contents:
Chosen by Afghanistan -- Kebabs with captor -- Dantri road -- Enfranchising others -- Unarmed and dangerous -- Delicate transactions -- Pathos in the backcountry.
Summary:
Retraces Dan Terry's work in Afghanistan over almost four decades. During the successive power struggles among royal regimes, the Red Army, warlords, the Taliban, and the American-led coalition, Terry inspired small Afghan communities to seek a sweeter destiny for themselves.
ISBN:
0836196651
9780836196658
LCCN:
2012028172
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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