In These Deserts: War Stories From Afghanistan
BY Nathan Bradley
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In 1990, six-year-old Nathan Bradley read a magazine article about Afghanistan and was fascinated, vowing to someday see it for himself. He finally got his chance in 2009 as an Army officer, and he’ll go back eventually. His column chronicles his travels through the concertina wire gates, the bomb filled culverts, the rough adobe castles, the concrete blast walls and the sprawling gravel yards of our longest war—all the scenes that spoke to him—but most importantly it chronicles the stories of the Afghans he’s come to know.
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Column 21: Epilogue (1/9/2012)Column 20: Bombs and the Boy (10/19/2011)
Column 19: Disarming (9/22/2011)
Column 18: The Countdown (9/2/2011)
Column 17: A Capital-D Difference (8/15/2011)
Column 16: Topsy-Turvy Land, Part 3 (7/27/2011)
Column 15: Topsy-Turvy Land, Part 2 (6/30/2011)
Column 14: Topsy-Turvy Land, Part 1 (6/24/2011)
Column 13: Signs of Progress (5/25/2011)
Column 12: Who We Trust (5/6/2011)
Column 11: A Moment to Think (4/18/2011)
Column 10: Run to Your Grave (3/30/2011)
Column 9: Hours (3/11/2011)
Column 8: Nights on Disney, Part 2 (2/22/2011)
Column 7: Nights on Disney, Part 1 (2/1/2011)
Column 6: To Forgive (1/14/2011)
Column 5: What Money Can’t Buy (12/16/2010)
Column 4: Nobody Told Us (11/29/2010)
Column 3: Watching Airplanes in the Dark (11/11/2010)
Column 2: This Can’t Go On (10/22/2010)
Column 1: The Misunderstanding (10/5/2010)