Discover the shocking truth behind America’s longest war in ‘The Afghanistan Papers’ by Craig Whitlock. This groundbreaking investigative report from The Washington Post reveals how successive presidents and military leaders deceived the public for decades, ignoring signs of impending failure. Based on interviews with over 1,000 insiders and unearthed documents, this book exposes the flawed strategies, colossal nation-building failures, and pervasive corruption that doomed the mission. Learn why victory was never a realistic prospect and how the US government presented a distorted version of events. Essential reading for understanding the Afghanistan conflict and its devastating consequences, comparable to the impact of the Pentagon Papers.