The Oxford dons had accomplished the impossible. They made…

“First comes Coke, then asphalt, then power lines, then maybe education, justice, and human rights.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“The news of suffering takes a new shape when you’re a parent. Fatherhood peels back a layer of skin, exposing a network of nerves…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“We were about to undertake the most physical challenge of our lives on a diet the equivalent of s’mores.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“I can’t remember any time the Americans have delivered a worse mess than this. You know what they’re doing?” He bent forward and dropped…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“Once I heard a remark made about a certain New York television reporter to the effect that he was the type who would have…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“it takes no more than ten grown men to prevent a stationary car from getting away—”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“you know everything you need to know about a guy by seeing how he treats waiters.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“That’s how the Islamists are,” Louis went on. “They keep changing and changing, but they’ll never give up on their goal to rule the…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“The Soviet Union had just said dasvidaniya to itself, the Cold War had suddenly ended, the United States was embarking on the longest-running economic…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“The more war you get, the more war you want. It’s an addiction.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“as soon as the Berlin Wall came crumbling down, the Mobutus became an embarrassment. There was suddenly no reason to prop them up. The…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“if you’re wondering if we were absolutely insane to march out into the middle of the desert and place our lives in the hands…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“There’s this notion, lived just about every day out here, that nothing’s easy but anything’s possible.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“There’s always that thrill of learning something new, feeling your brain grow inside your head, no matter what that something is.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“America’s decision to green-light Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia and overthrow a popular, grassroots, and surprisingly effective Islamist administration led, over the next five years,…

— Jeffrey Gettleman