Overview
In June 2010, Michael Hastings published an article in Rolling Stone that made headlines around the world: In ""The Runaway General,"" he reported on a week he spent in Europe with General Stanley McChrystal, the revered soldier in charge of the war in Afghanistan. McChrystal and his staff's unguarded remarks about the White House, our allies and the conduct of the war led President Obama to order McChrystal to the Oval Office, where he was fired unceremoniously. While Hastings' reporting won him a prestigious Polk award and led to two Pentagon investigations, there is much more to his story than the indiscretions of Stanley McChrystal. In The Operators, Hastings, formerly the Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek, takes the listener behind the diplomatic façades to paint a picture of nation-building gone awry. Hastings also takes us on patrol missions in Afghanistan, where he is embedded with American troops, and witnesses firsthand the madness, horror, and existential contradictions of Afghanistan. The Operators combines the acute reportage of a Sebastian Junger with the mad energy of a Michael Herr--it is the painful, powerful tale of a war that can never and will never be won.
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Author: Michael Hastings ,
Lloyd James
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798200083350
Publication Date: 23 January 2012
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Format: Audio
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Reviews
An impressive feat of journalism by a Washington outsider who seemed to know more about what was going on in Washington than most insiders did.-- ""The New York Times""
"An impressive feat of journalism by a Washington outsider who seemed to know more about what was going on in Washington than most insiders did.-- ""The New York Times"""
An impressive feat of journalism by a Washington outsider who seemed to know more about what was going on in Washington than most insiders did.-- The New York Times
Author Information
Michael Hastings (1980-2013) spent two years reporting on Iraq and worked for Newsweek starting in 2002. He also filed stories from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, Kurdistan, and Vietnam. He has been published in Slate, Salon, and Foreign Policy, as well as Newsweek International, for which he wrote four cover stories. He won the 2010 George Polk Award for magazine reporting, and at the time of his death, he was writing about politics for the news Web site BuzzFeed. Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others.
