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Title The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war / Craig Whitlock.
Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Description xx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map on endpapers, photographs, portraits, facsimilies ; 24 cm
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 PJ-Lower Stacks  958.1047 WHI Nearby on shelf  30644003655403 09-12-22  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.
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 -- "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" -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.
United States -- Military policy.
United States -- Relations -- Afghanistan.
Afghanistan -- Relations -- United States.
Other title Secret history of the war
ISBN 9781982159016
9781982159009
1982159006