TRADITIONAL LITERARY NOVEL OF THE AFGHAN WAR

The literary counterpart to Afghany Whammy, for those curious and bold enough to seek a great big old-fashioned traditional war novel along the lines of The Naked & The Dead, Once an Eagle, The Caine Mutiny, Matterhorn, The 13th Valley, and the like . . . . check out:

POSTCARDS FROM AFGHANISTAN

During the various years spent in Afghanistan first as a Green Beret then as a freelance journalist, I used my own photographs to create email postcards to send to family and friends worldwide as a way to let them know that I was alive and well . . . . and to give them an ironic bit of an insight into the country, culture, and the war . . . . through laughter.

POSTCARDS FROM AFGHANISTAN – BATCH 2

“Get out of Afghanistan,” I said.

I wrote this short OpEd in 2003 soon after I had returned to the States from my Green Beret tour, and the sole publication I approached who had any interest in it was Soldier of Fortune, proving how truly prescient and counter-mainstream Robert K. Brown’s magazine was.

FLIRTING WITH AFGHANISTAN

This is a magazine-length essay from 2008 arguing the above Wasting Money In Afghanistan in great detail . . . . laying out the case that it would ultimately take the U.S. another 13 years to admit . . . . that the war was folly and unwinnable.

ARTICLES FROM SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

ARTICLES FROM ARMY MAGAZINE

GX and Reserve & National Guard Magazines

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

All photographs copyright Paul Avallone. Contact him at above email for usage.