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Author Whitlock, Craig, author.

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

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2075913~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  958.1047 WHI    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  958.1047 WHI    AVAILABLE
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Description xx, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
ISBN 9781982159009 (hc.)
1982159006 (hc.)
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