The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0070S30F2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Operators combines the acute reportage of a Sebastian Junger with the mad energy of a Michael Herr - it is the painful, powerful tale of a war that can never and will never be won.. In June 2010, Michael Hastings published an article in Rolling Stone that made headlines around the world: In "The Runaway General", he reported on a week he spent in Europe with General Stanley McChrystal, the revered soldier in charge of the war in Afghanistan. Hastings also takes us on patrol missions in Afghanistan, where he is embedded with American troops, and witnesses firsthand the madness, horror, and existential contradictions of Afghanistan. McChrystal and his staff's unguarded remarks about the White House, our allies, and the conduct of the war led President Obama to order McChrystal to the Oval Office, where he was fired unceremoniously. While Hastings' reporting won him a prestigious Polk award and led to two Pentagon investigations, there is much more to his story than the indiscretions of Stanley McChrystal. In The Operators, Hastings, formerly the Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek, takes the listener behind the diplomatic façades to paint a picture of nation-building gone awry
Helped Answer a Number of Questions David Hall I was deployed to Iraq when Michael Hastings' "Rolling Stone" article was first published. Though I didn't hang out with too many General Officers, those GOs who attended the weekly "cigar club" gatherings did express surprise that GEN McChrystal and his staff would have really been that unguarded around a reporter. As someone who did public information/media relations as an additional duty in my civilian law enforcement agency, I imagined that the reporter must have been somewhat duplicitous in order to gather all that insider conversation.. Kindle Customer said A true look?. I started this because I wanted to read the book the movie was based on (War Machine) and to get an idea of what got Stan M. fired. I've read Petraeus and Stan's books and not surprisingly they differ from this accounting 180 degrees. While the truth might be somewhere in between I think it is closer to this version especially since Petraeus was banging his biographer.Start this for the backstory which got Stan McChrystal fired but stay to find out how bad the politicians have misled us about the two wars and especially Afghanistan.. Reading Prof said Cynically honest. This book has voice and perspective, very hard to put down. Some will be put off by its tone, which is probably why those who don't like it should consider their positions on it honestly. This feels starkly honest and cynical to the point of pessimism, but it's impossible to ignore the through logic presented.