October 12, 2009

Reading material from the weekend.

1 An oral history of the fall and rise of the Afghan Taliban. By Taliban soldiers.

2 The man behind “one of the most remarkable military comebacks in modern history”: who is Mullah Omar?

3 How to execute an orderly imperial withdrawal from Mesopotamia. Although I suppose the jury is somewhat still out on this.

4 “There’s nothing more basic than food. If people don’t have it, one of three things happen: they revolt, they migrate or they die.” This is why I still pay for print newspapers.

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2 Responses to “Reading material from the weekend.”

  1. Lucie says:

    I somehow doubt the Guardian video was printed in the Observer…

    • Joseph says:

      Good point. But I don’t think I would have even come across the article without flicking through the print edition. On the other hand, I wouldn’t have known the video existed without looking the article up online. Something is wrong there.

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