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the subject matter is really interesting but the way the authors characterise very complex political situations feels very simplistic and orientalist at times. oh we're going to take british claims that an ethnic group were professional thieves and murderers that needed to be subdued for the sake of the empire at face value??
— Oct 09, 2025 05:49PM
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is on page 103 of 321
“after the September 11 attacks, tourists and mountaineers avoided Pakistan”
i’m searching this entire book for a mention of the literal war in afghanistan next door and coming up empty. you don’t think that might also have been relevant besides 9/11
— Oct 09, 2025 11:59PM
i’m searching this entire book for a mention of the literal war in afghanistan next door and coming up empty. you don’t think that might also have been relevant besides 9/11
