"Harrowingly detailed . . . Filkins makes us see, with almost hallucinogenic immediacy, the true human meaning and consequences of the 'war on terror.'" -The New York Times10 Best Books of 2008 "The gaping wounds of Iraq and Afghanistan have produced a torrent of words, but no single volume so far has the precision and power ofThe Forever War. . . Filkins' set pieces have the absolute clarity of lightning flashes that burn away the fog of war." -TimeBest Nonfiction Books of 2008 "Not since Michael Herr inDispatches. . . has a reporter written as vividly about combat as Filkins does from Afghanistan and Iraq." -USA Today10 Best Books of 2008 "Filkins's meticulously constructed vignettes . . . illuminate and humanize the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan." -Los Angeles TimesFavorite Books 2008 "The Forever War. . . achieves a gripping, raw immediacy." -The Boston Globe's Year's Best Books "Splendid." -Washington Post Book WorldBest Nonfiction of 2008 "Dexter Filkins'sThe Forever Waris the best piece of war journalism I've ever read. He paints a portrait of war that is so nuanced, so filled with absurdities and heartbreak and unexpected heroes and villains, that it makes most of what we see and hear about Iraq and Afghanistan seem shrill and two-dimensional by comparison. And yet, as tragic as the events he describes are, the book manages to be a thing of towering beauty." -Dave Eggers,GuardianBest Books of the Year "The Forever Waris already a classic-it has the timeless feel of all great war literature. Dexter Filkins's combination of courage and sensitivity is so rare that books like his come along only once every major war. This one is ours." -George Packer, author ofThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq "Dexter Filkins is the preeminent war correspondent of my generation, fearless, compassionate, and brutally hon