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Graeme smith is a senior analyst for the international crisis group, the worlds leading independent, nonpartisan source of analysis and advice to governments and intergovernmental bodies like the united nations, european union and world bank on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. Former globe correspondent graeme smith wins hilary weston. Books by graeme smith author of the dogs are eating them now. Former globe correspondent graeme smith wins hilary weston prize for afghan memoir. Author and former globe foreign correspondent graeme.

The dogs are eating them now, by graeme smith graeme smith takes us onto the ground, into the misplaced hope and addictive thrills of our war in afghanistan. He worked as a political affairs officer for the united nations in afghanistan from 2015 to 2018. Afghanistan s fourth presidential election since 2001 brought perhaps 26 per cent of the electorate to the polls. A war correspondent for canadas the globe and mail, smith lived for. Graeme smith s account is compulsory reading on canadas role in afghanistan open this photo in gallery. We lost the war in southern afghanistan and it broke my heart. Leo sidran, a universal life minister and a friend of the couple, officiated. Canada lost afghan war, left behind dashed dreams, author. Journalist graeme smith tells a story of how he spent so much time in kandahar, afghanistan that he felt he belonged there and the disappointment he. After a long stint as the afghanistan correspondent for the globe and mail, he returned to that country as an analyst for the international. Our war in afghanistan, with an excerpt from his book. Graeme smith is canadian and covered the afghanistan war as fought by nato mostly canadian troops in southern afghanistan around the city of kandahar. Our war in afghanistan kindle edition by graeme smith.

Foreign correspondent graeme smith s personal book reveals the absurdities and dangers of our engagement in afghanistan. He has served as a foreign correspondent for the globe and mail, a canadian newspaper. Into that crowded field comes graeme smith s the dogs are. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dogs are eating them now. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Buy the hardcover book the dogs are eating them now.

Our war in afghanistan, a graphic, thoughtprovoking account of his time covering the bloody. Here is graeme smith, author of the shortlisted the dogs are eating them now. Buy the paperback book the dogs are eating them now. Graeme smith could have been one of the casualties. He covered the afghan war for the globe and mail from 2005 to 2009, spending more time in southern afghanistan during that period than any other western journalist. Author graeme smith on a hill by an old military fort in the kululapushta district of kabul, the capital of afghanistan. Smith s book prevailed over those of four other finalists. If the trend holds, there soon will be a shelf of books explaining why the u. Graeme smith has won canadas richest award for nonfiction writing for the dogs are eating them now. Ottawa it may yet serve as the epitaph to canadas nearly 12year involvement in afghanistan.