The I Index

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

Top of the pile

92

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

80/100

Critics

96/100

Scholars

98/100

Author:

Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Date:

August 31, 2021

An investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America's longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban's recapture of Afghanistan.

What The Reviewers Say

Emma Ashford,
Washington Post
[An] excellent new book.
Fredrik Logevall,
New York Times Book Review
[A] penetrating new work.
Romesh Ratnesar,
AirMail
Even for those familiar with the ebbs and flows of the conflict...Whitlock’s book reveals new depths of Western folly.
Peggy Kurkowski,
Shelf Awareness
This bombshell report...reveals the mendacity of U.S. civilian and military leaders spanning the past three presidential administrations.