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The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war Cover Image Book Book

The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war

Whitlock, Craig (author.).

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"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 1982159006
  • ISBN: 9781982159009
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-326) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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Subject: War
Investigations
Presidents United States History 21st century
Afghan War, 2001-2021

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  • 27 of 27 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Jefferson County.

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  • 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jefferson County Library-Arnold 958.1047 WHITLOCK (Text) 30061010181879 Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Northwest 958.1047 WHITLOCK (Text) 30051020244213 Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor 958.1047 WHITLOCK (Text) 30061010181861 Non-Fiction Available -
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