The War is in the Mountains

`Fascinating, informative and compassionate’ * TLS * Matloff's book is an indefatigable journalistic exploration of how mountains shape, sustain, and even determine war and culture around the world. Her argument, which her reporting makes undeniable, is at once obvious and original' -- Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography A vital, deeply revealing book of political travelogue and intrepid correspondence. She is the ideal witness - learned, dogged, skeptical, but always listening out for new and credible voices. This is classical international journalism of the highest order' -- Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars A brave, engaging, keenly observant guide… reveals the rich, surprising, and perplexing life of places too often diminished by the flat imagery of war' -- Sheri Fink, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Five Days at Memorial and War Hospital Told with a sense of drama by someone who has clearly done her fieldwork' -- Yi-Fu Tuan, author of Romantic Geography