The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war
Whitlock, Craig2021
Book
"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."--Publisher.
Main title:
The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war / Craig Whitlock.
Author:
Whitlock, Craig, author
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.©2021
Collation:
xx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Map on liner papers.Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-326) and index.
Contents:
A Muddled Mission"Who Are the Bad Guys?"The Nation-Building ProjectAfghanistan Becomes an AfterthoughtRaising an Army from the AshesIslam for DummiesPlaying Both SidesLies and SpinAn Incoherent StrategyThe WarlordsA War on OpiumDoubling Down"A Dark Pit of Endless Money"From Friend to FoeConsumed by CorruptionAt War with the TruthThe Enemy WithinThe Grand IllusionTrump's TurnThe Narco-StateTalking with the Taliban.
ISBN:
9781982159009 (hbk)9781982159009 (hbk)9781982159009 (hardback)
Dewey class:
958.1047
Language:
English
BRN:
711319
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -History | HISTORY 958.1047 WHIT | Available |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -History | HISTORY 958.1047 WHIT | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -History | HISTORY 958.1047 WHIT | Available |