A review by nattygsmith
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal

5.0

While this book was published in 2014, there is no question that the stories it tells are still deeply relevant today. Gopal has managed to illuminate the lives of several very different people trying to survive and thrive in Afghanistan. While reading, it is easy to forget about the work Gopal had to have done to get these stories, let alone the very real experiences that the subjects lived (and died) through. I learned a lot about Afghanistan, and it was refreshing to read a book that did not pretend to have the answers about what can help that region. This a heartbreaking but also deeply necessary piece of work.