Content tagged with "middle-east"

Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
Deane’s Library
Book Review
January 7, 2016
298

“So, here’s the problem with this book: the situation is ultimately just not that exciting. Yes, the movie was apparently great, and the set-up is amazing – diplomats hiding in a hostile country, escaping through disguise, etc. – but in the end, the CIA forged some documents and they all walked out….”

On the Hunt in Baghdad
Deane’s Library
Book
10
The Kite Runner
Deane’s Library
Book
8
The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland
Deane’s Library
Book Review
December 31, 2023
353

“Here’s my problem with this book – it wasn’t a history, it was more of a personal memoir . I was expecting the detailed story of the Kurdish people, but instead I got a story about the author and how he interacted with the Kurds over the course of several decades. The author had some history with…”