
The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories Are Heroic
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Narrated by:
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Thomas Dukeman
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By:
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Joseph Kassabian
During the peak of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains outside of Kandahar City. Mismanaged and overlooked by command, the squad must rely on each other to survive.
Their mission is to train and advise the Afghan National Police and help rebuild the country of Afghanistan. The Afghan Police station they are assigned to live in is falling apart and disease-ridden. Many of the police officers they are supposed to train are Taliban sleeper agents or the family of Taliban fighters. The ones that aren’t are often addicted to drugs, illiterate, or smuggling child slaves.
The squad is led by Slim, a Staff Sergeant in his late twenties who has so many mental issues his insanity is his most dominant personality trait. An alcoholic with a penchant for violent outbursts against both his own soldiers and the Afghans, he is more comfortable at war than at home.
Joseph Kassabian is the youngest and most junior fire team leader in the squad. He’s charged with leading a team of soldiers not even old enough to drink. He himself is only 21 years old. As a combat veteran from previous deployments with four years in the Army, he assumes he has seen it all. But he has no idea how bad things can get in war-torn Kandahar.
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Great story
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Fascinating from beginning to end.
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Joe is awesome!
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A "fun" modern war story
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Hilarious
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But once you said that aside and are able to listen to the story, it's fantastic. Typically a fan of memoirs but as I said you fan of kasabian's podcast and decided to check his book out after he got talked up by several people on show. It did not disappoint! It gave me a new perspective on the soldiers who fought in the war in Afghanistan
great story suffering from a bed narrator
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Bad Narrator
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Great story, but narration is terrible.
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Bad Narrator
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Fantastic book
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