Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands

Book Overview

In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and to analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Understanding the complexity of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674065611
• ISBN13: 9780674065611
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"