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The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war / Craig Whitlock.

Whitlock, Craig, (author.).

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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1982159006
  • ISBN: 1982159014
  • ISBN: 9781982159009
  • ISBN: 9781982159016
  • Physical Description: xx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on liner papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-326) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Participation, American.

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250 . ‡aFirst Simon & Schuster edition
264 1. ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bSimon & Schuster, ‡c2021.
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300 . ‡axx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations (chiefly color), maps ; ‡c24 cm
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500 . ‡aMap on liner papers.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-326) and index.
5050 . ‡aA 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.
520 . ‡a"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."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
650 0. ‡aAfghan War, 2001-2021.
650 0. ‡aAfghan War, 2001-2021 ‡xParticipation, American.
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