Steven Pressfield, author of several gripping historic novels that include “Gates of Fire” and “Killing Rommel,” has just debuted a nonfiction online series about Afghanistan that he describes as “a mini-series on tribalism.” The series includes a multipart interview with Afghan Tribal Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai and five videos that begin with “It’s the Tribes, Stupid,” and continue through “How to Win in Afghanistan.” As Tracey MacCormick noted in a recent GreatHistory blog, the latter is a massive challenge that doesn’t have history on its side.
Next week, on Sept. 29, Pressfield will begin serializing Special Forces Major Jim Gant’s white paper, “One Tribe At A Time.”
Pressfield states on his Website, “I’m not doing this for money or politics. I’m a Marine and I don’t want young Marines and soldiers going into harm’s way without the full arsenal of history and context.”
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