The Warlord Daughter Love and War in Afghanistan edition by R Harper Mason Literature Fiction eBooks
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R. Harper Mason, author of The Red Scarf, worked on the famous King Ranch in South Texas, followed by a geological work project deep in the Libyan Sahara Desert. Mason has taken his experiences in Muslim North Africa, combined them with his son’s Special Forces adventures during a recent Afghanistan assignment, and blended them into an international thriller. In The Warlord’s Daughter Love and War in Afghanistan, CIA, al-Qaida, and Special Forces units collide in one of the hottest spots on the planet Afghanistan. Mason is the former president of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, a talk show host, and newspaper columnist. He lives with his wife in El Dorado, Arkansas.
The Warlord Daughter Love and War in Afghanistan edition by R Harper Mason Literature Fiction eBooks
I would give this book a 5 star, except for some grammar and a few bits that were possibly stylistic but felt cliche.These were however, the classic cowboy style comments often given to the characters of old school films.
They were not cliche in that they did convey the gist of what the character would have been thinking.
The other reason I have to drop a star is the author might have plugged his son a bit too much,
but that is a father's prerogative and certainly, in this case, much of it is true, so, fair dues.
Outside of those minor items, the book is an outstanding read. Love, War, Befriending, Betrayal, Good, Bad, Ugly and the good guy wins!
The actual romance, action, adventure where very well conveyed as they were certainly real elements all of us on the ground felt at some points throughout our deployments in Afghanistan. Of course, we never acted on the romance but we certainly felt love for the people we lived and fought with.
As well, the book completely captured the real politics of the people and place better than any book I have studied on the subject. The book touched on the complexities of our modern war fighting better than most, and yet, no book can touch the true depth and layers of that as the multitude of humans and their idiosyncrasies simply can't be fathomed, only summarized. So great job there, too.
The respect and loathe for the enemy due to their own choice of tactics and use of religion to justify their atrocities is captured well and described thoroughly. Some people there have an ideology so far removed from anything we can understand, that this book truly helps to to understand them by descibing their ways of operating and what our troops are up against.
On the whole, while note Le Carre or even Clancy, the book was a solid write and a good read.
Recommended for anyone who wants to get a real idea of what life is like for the Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan
and what the people are like on both sides of the fight. Politics aside, this book is a treasure trove of info and a golden story of life and love and war in far away lands with vastly different ways.
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The Warlord Daughter Love and War in Afghanistan edition by R Harper Mason Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This story is a rather unusual combination of part biography, part fiction which did not always blend very well for me. Even though it is presented as fiction it is obviously based on the real life experiences of the author's son. When dealing with the military aspects of the training and carrying out of military missions it rings perfectly true, but adding the story of the young Afghan woman just never felt believable for me. There is a sentence in the foreword written by Richard Mason, the author's son, where he states, "My father has always been a great storyteller." That may be true, but verbally telling a story is vastly different from setting one down on paper. And this story did not capture my interest or imagination in the way it is presented here. I honestly think it would have been a much more compelling story if the love interest had been eliminated and it had simply been a story of the remarkable incidents which probably take place on a daily basis in war situations. No matter how often Mr. Mason told me of the feelings of Nafisa al-Masoud I never made an connection with her on an emotional level. I did not feel her desperation no matter how many times I was told about it. I did not truly sympathize with her stance of defiance against all her father's values because they never came alive for me. Instead she seemed like a rather spoiled, petulant child who wanted everything she wanted when she wanted it. In short, the author didn't make me like and care about this person. Communicating the thoughts and desires of a young woman is not easily accomplished. When you add in the foreign culture and religious factors the chance of success in capturing that character are even more difficult.
When viewed as a behind-the-scenes look at the hard daily slog for the military liaison personnel working hand in hand with Afghan fighters this was a very interesting novel. I simply think that adding the love story was a distraction which was not needed.
This book was supplied to me by the author.
This is a book written by a 6th grader. A boy 6th grader infatuated with the heroics of fighting wars then rewarded by getting the girl, though he's not quite sure what to do with her.
The "love story" is hastily thrown together (to get it over with so the fun stuff, i.e., war, can continue. No character development, the dialogue is repetitiously boring (I'm going on a mission; I'll be worrying and waiting for you; I'll be back), and the happy ending is a bit overblown with Tarzan, I mean the hero, saving the girl in the nick of time.
As far as the war story goes, the bits of about getting ready to kill, killing, and the aftermath of killing were written with dispatch as far as I can tell. But it did get boring, so about half way through (at the part where a Pentagon general was reviewing why missions in Afghanistan went wrong) I started skimming. Faster and faster I went through pages and pages of special forces action, spying, lists of weapons used, treachery, special forces training, buying information, being duped, buying friends, being betrayed, and killing, killing, killing.
A couple impressions, perhaps unintended, are created by this book. Just point the American military at anyone labeled "enemy" and the heros, i.e. suckers, will go-get-em. The allies we buy will not stay bought. We will not be finished in Afghanistan until the money runs out.
I would give this book a 5 star, except for some grammar and a few bits that were possibly stylistic but felt cliche.
These were however, the classic cowboy style comments often given to the characters of old school films.
They were not cliche in that they did convey the gist of what the character would have been thinking.
The other reason I have to drop a star is the author might have plugged his son a bit too much,
but that is a father's prerogative and certainly, in this case, much of it is true, so, fair dues.
Outside of those minor items, the book is an outstanding read. Love, War, Befriending, Betrayal, Good, Bad, Ugly and the good guy wins!
The actual romance, action, adventure where very well conveyed as they were certainly real elements all of us on the ground felt at some points throughout our deployments in Afghanistan. Of course, we never acted on the romance but we certainly felt love for the people we lived and fought with.
As well, the book completely captured the real politics of the people and place better than any book I have studied on the subject. The book touched on the complexities of our modern war fighting better than most, and yet, no book can touch the true depth and layers of that as the multitude of humans and their idiosyncrasies simply can't be fathomed, only summarized. So great job there, too.
The respect and loathe for the enemy due to their own choice of tactics and use of religion to justify their atrocities is captured well and described thoroughly. Some people there have an ideology so far removed from anything we can understand, that this book truly helps to to understand them by descibing their ways of operating and what our troops are up against.
On the whole, while note Le Carre or even Clancy, the book was a solid write and a good read.
Recommended for anyone who wants to get a real idea of what life is like for the Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan
and what the people are like on both sides of the fight. Politics aside, this book is a treasure trove of info and a golden story of life and love and war in far away lands with vastly different ways.
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