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The Afghanistan papers : (Record no. 61951)

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control field on1236260291
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control field OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20210918121102.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2021016683
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBC1C6971
Source bnb
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 020282083
Source Uk
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781982159009
Qualifying information (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1982159006
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)on1236260291
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Original cataloging agency DGU/DLC
Language of cataloging eng
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Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency OCLCO
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code a-af---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DS371.412
Item number .W4825 2021
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 958.104/7
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Whitlock, Craig,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 38589
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Afghanistan papers :
Remainder of title a secret history of the war /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Simon & Schuster,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates :
Other physical details illustrations (black and white, and color), map ;
Dimensions 23 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Map on liner papers.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military became mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public's understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains startling revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war, from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government's strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn't know the name of his Afghanistan war commander and didn't want to make time to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted he had "no visibility into who the bad guys are." His successor, Robert Gates, said: "We didn't know jack shit about al-Qaeda." The Afghanistan Papers is a shocking account that will supercharge a long overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered. - Publisher.
Summary, etc "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"--
648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
Chronological term Since 2001
Source of heading or term fast
9 (RLIN) 114910
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan War, 2001-
9 (RLIN) 114911
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note Cover image
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type NF
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
    Nonfiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 09/18/2021 Brodart. 958.1 WHI 34480000584338 NF