Elliot Ackerman

Gebundenes Buch

The Fifth Act

America'S End in Afghanistan

Beschreibung

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the warâ s echoing legacy.

Autor

Elliot Ackerman

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 143mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780008532673
• ISBN-10: 0008532672
• Artikelnr.: 62952560

Rezensionen

Powerful testimony to what went wrong despite the bravery of American military personnel and our Afghan Allies . . . Ackerman s tales are compelling and heartfelt; this title will stand the test of time as a warning against further military misadventures. Booklist

The American betrayal of Afghanistan took twenty years. Elliot Ackerman, a participant and witness, tells the story with unsparing honesty in this intensely personal chronicle. George Packer, author of The Assassins Gate: America in Iraq and The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

[A] haunting memoir . . . a harrowing portrait of chaos and collapse . . . Writing in evocative, gripping prose . . . Ackerman provides a clear-eyed indictment of America s failures in Afghanistan while paying homage to the soldiers who fought there. The result is a moving elegy for a blighted struggle. Publishers Weekly

Making sense of chaos is never easy, but this powerful book does much to explain why America s debacle in Afghanistan ended the way it did . . . Courage and folly, dedication and tragedy: Ackerman deftly captures all dimensions of a protracted foreign policy failure . . . A must-read account of the end of America s longest war. Kirkus (starred review)