[An] excellent new book.

[A] penetrating new work.

Even for those familiar with the ebbs and flows of the conflict...Whitlock’s book reveals new depths of Western folly.

This bombshell report...reveals the mendacity of U.S. civilian and military leaders spanning the past three presidential administrations.

There is nothing in this book to cheer about. I didn’t know whether to read it with interest or throw it across the room. Whitlock does an outstanding job of laying out the failure..

[An] impressively documented book.

[A] searing chronicle.