Dexter Filkins Says the Surge Has Been Successful<br />World Affairs Council: Nor Cal - World Affairs Council of Northern California<br />War correspondents often provide us with greater insight into the complex experiences behind the headlines of the daily news.Reporting from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and New York during 9/11, Dexter Filkins works on the ground to interview soldiers, insurgents, suicide bombers and civilian victims of conflict and gives us unique access to situations such as street-to-street combat and wartorn homes and villages.In The Forever War, he offers a personal glimpse into the experiences of the people involved in war - combatants and victims alike - World Affairs Council of Northern California
