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.