Lost in Kandahar

When novelist and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson traveled to Afghanistan for an embed with the 101st Airborne Division, he found great soldiers - and a seemingly hopeless mission. The gripping non-fiction tale of how the United States is spending $100 billion a year on a war that even the men on the front lines can't explain.

Subject
history
Themes
politics
Setting
Afghanistan
Audience
adult
Length
short · 21 pages

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