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Nikhil Goyal's Top Book Recommendations

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Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist



National Book Award in Nonfiction finalist



Helen Bernstein Journalism Award finalist



2014 Ridenhour Prize Winner



New York Times Notable Book



As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead

In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict,...

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Recommended by Nikhil Goyal, and 1 others.

Nikhil GoyalGreat day to read Anand Gopal's seminal book on the war in Afghanistan: "No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes." (Source)

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From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions

In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was...
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Carrie JohnsonThe best book I read last year. 📚 https://t.co/CULq9zZHEU (Source)

Margot WallströmI recommend the book ”Say nothing” about Northern Ireland and IRA. It makes fascinating reading about memories, murder, mourning and making peace. (Source)

Mikko TakkunenJust finished reading this remarkable book by @praddenkeefe. I was baffled getting this from @VeronicaSanchis as I don’t remember ever showing particular interest in the Troubles, but she obviously knows me better than I do. https://t.co/KlBCF41y47 https://t.co/PnJlLCZyQD (Source)

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