The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan Hardback - 2013

Media reviews

WINNER 2013 – Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction
FINALIST 2014 – BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 
FINALIST 2014 – RBC Taylor Prize
FINALIST 2014 – Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

“Graeme Smith eschews the ‘official version’ of the war in Afghanistan and instead shows us life on the ground for the soldiers, insurgents, politicians, warlords, and—most importantly—the civilians caught between all sides.”
—Louise Arbour, president of the International Crisis Group, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

“Graeme Smith has long since demonstrated that he is one of the most resourceful and well-informed reporters covering Afghanistan. In his very well-written and entertaining new book he dissects the Western project in Afghanistan with deep reporting and analysis. It is a pleasure to read even if his conclusions are sobering.”
—Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad
 
“Very few foreign journalists have lived and told the story of southern Afghanistan like Graeme Smith. This is reportage that is both brilliant and brave, written in the dust and danger of a country that fades from global view.‪ From the very first line of this book, you understand how much he cares about Afghanistan, and wants all of us to do the same. Written with great authority and affection, this book confronts the noble aims and aching failures of international engagement. It offers us a searing critique and a sober assessment of the world’s ability to do good in difficult places.‪ Graeme admits his heart was broken by a war that drew in all of us. His book may break your heart too.”
—Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent