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With the vague intention of winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan, the US government has mismanaged billions of development and logistics dollars, bolstered the drug trade, and dumped untold millions into Taliban hands. That is the sobering message of this scathing critique of our war effort in Afghanistan. According to this book, America has already lost the war. While conducting extensive research and fieldwork in Afghanistan's war zones, a drumbeat...

"In this crucial book, two of our most celebrated intellectuals interrogate key inflection points in America's downward spiral from the disastrous Iraq War to the failed Libyan intervention to the descent into chaos in Afghanistan, grappling with the uncertain aftermath."--

A groundbreaking, feature-length documentary about the escalating U.S. military involvement in the Afghanistan war. It investigates the main issues surrounding Afghanistan, troops, Pakistan, cost of war, civilian casualties, women in Afghanistan, and terrorism, through the eyes of experts and the people of Afghanistan.

"In 2013, President Obama began the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan. But only a year into the withdrawal, Obama began allowing the U.S. military to resume combat operations, relying almost entirely on U.S. Special Operations forces. It was the beginning of a new, covert war. Reporter Jessica Donati shows how policy shifted, and argues that the war is undermining American interests both at home and abroad. It is eroding morale among America's most...