Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire is a true accounting of author Dennis Norris's work in Afghanistan. Read about how this lifelong Hoosier ended up in some of Afghanistan's most remote and violent regions, and how he depended upon his Afghan brothers to protect him and teach him their language. Dennis's stories are both funny and heartbreaking, providing an insider's view on the Afghan people with whom he lived and worked. Especially poignant are Dennis's struggles with the US State Department in attempting to secure American citizenship for his Afghan assistant, Hayat Nooristani. The book is a rare perspective of the war in Afghanistan, written by an individual who literally "became" an Afghan for his own safety, and provides a glimpse into everyday life outside the wire and beyond the scope of military protection.