Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World by Christina Lamb
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is really a Vol. 2 of which "The Sewing Circles of Herat" is Vol. 1; it covers the history of Afghanistan since 9/11, whereas the "Sewing Circles" basically covered up until 9/11. Very well reported overall and insightful; Lamb has been a reporter in the region for many, many years and had access to many of the key players, including former President Karzai and other members of his cabinet & staff. Heavily influenced by a British perspective, as Lamb embedded with British forces in the south a number of times and had the inside contacts there. The Brits--and basically everyone else--are shown to be rather unprepared for all they were to encounter in their attempts to "pacify" southern Afghanistan.


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