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Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas
Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas
Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas
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Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas

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An intimate and unvarnished portrait of a war-weary nation penned by a senior intelligence officer who spent a year on the ground in Kabul.


From 2008-2009, then Colonel Zwack kept an intimate journal of his experiences as a soldier serving in complex and dangerous Afghanistan

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Release dateSep 27, 2021
ISBN9781734006063
Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas
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Brigadier General Peter ... Zwack (Ret)

Russia and Eurasia / Researcher - Speaker - WriterFrom 2012 - 2014, BG Zwack served as the United States Senior Defense Official and Attaché to the Russian Federation. By interacting with Russians at multiple levels since 1989, including defense, security, academia, policy, veterans, and private citizens, BG Zwack developed a unique hands-on perspective on Russia and Eurasian security affairs during a turbulent period that included the recent strife in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack enlisted in the US Army in 1980 and received his commission via Officer Candidate School (OCS). He subsequently served 34 years as a Military Intelligence and Eurasian Foreign Area Officer serving in diverse and challenging duty locations including West Germany, South Korea, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Russia.Inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 2015, BG Zwack is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Bronze Star, and many other awards and citations including the Afghan Service Medal and NATO/Kosovo Medal. He was also honored as the Joint Chiefs of Staff "Action Officer of the Year" for 1999. He proudly wears the Ranger Tab and Airborne Wings.Former Senior Russia-Eurasia Research Fellow at National Defense University (Institute for National Strategic Studies) at the National Defense University.Senior Global Fellow The Kennan Institute, the premier U.S. center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.BG Zwack regularly consults and lectures within the defense department, private industry, think tanks, and academic institutions on contemporary Russian and Eurasian security issues, and leadership lessons.BG Zwack speaks Russian, German, Italian, and some French.

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