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04759aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 7869EBE8170B11EEA3C6068B3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230630010035 008 211031t20222021nyuaf 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1982159006 020 $a 9781982159009 020 $a 9781982159016 020 $a 1982159014 035 $a (OCoLC)1281580151 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d NLSHB $d VYG $d GZE $d OCL $d IOL $d SILO 050 4 $a DS371.412 $b .W4825 2022 082 04 $a 958.104/7 $2 23 100 1 $a Whitlock, Craig, $e author. 245 14 $a The Afghanistan papers : $b a secret history of the war / $c Craig Whitlock. 250 $a First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2022. 300 $a xxiv, 354, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index. 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 by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military became mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public's understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains startling revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war, from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government's strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn't know the name of his Afghanistan war commander and didn't want to make time to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted he had "no visibility into who the bad guys are." His successor, Robert Gates, said: "We didn't know jack shit about al-Qaeda." The Afghanistan Papers is a shocking account that will supercharge a long overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered. - Publisher. 505 00 $t Talking with the Taliban. $t "Who are the bad guys?" -- $t The nation-building project -- $t The great distraction, 2003-2005. Afghanistan becomes an afterthought -- $t Raising an army from the ashes -- $t Islam for dummies -- $t Playing both sides -- $t The Taliban comes back, 2006-2008. Lies and spin -- $t An incoherent strategy -- $t The warlords -- $t A war on opium -- $t Obama's overreach, 2009-2010. Doubling down -- $t "A dark pit of endless money" -- $t From friend to foe -- $t Consumed by corruption -- $t Things fall apart, 2011-2016. At war with the truth -- $t The enemy within -- $t The grand illusion -- $t Stalemate, 2017-2021. Trump's turn -- $t The narco-state -- $t Talking with the Taliban. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001-2021. 650 6 $a Guerre en AfghÄnistÄn, 2001-2021. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Asia / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Afghan War, 2001- $2 nli 650 7 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Participation, American. $2 nli 651 7 $a Afghanistan. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Foreign relations. $2 sears 648 7 $a 2001-2021 $2 fast 655 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-). $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Informational works. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230630011117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7869EBE8170B11EEA3C6068B3DECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search