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Title :
The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war / Craig Whitlock.
Title:
The Afghanistan papers :
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
xx, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN:
9781982159009

9781982159016
Production / Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Contents:
A muddled mission -- "Who are the bad guys?"-- The nation building project -- Afghanistan becomes an afterthought -- Raising an army from the ashes -- Islam for dummies -- Playing both sides -- Lies and spin -- An incoherent strategy -- The warlords -- A war on opium -- Doubling down -- From "a dark pit of endless money" -- From friend to foe -- Consumed by corruption -- At war with the truth -- The enemy within -- The grand illusion -- Trump's turn -- The narco-state -- Talking with the Taliban.
Summary:
"The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
Bibliography note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-326) and index.
Language:
English
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