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. 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. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military became mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. 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. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: to defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Whitlock. You won’t put this story down, and you won’t forget Billy. It’s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. This spectacular can’t-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. #1 New York Times Bestseller From legendary storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” ( The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.
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