Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

ISBN: 1548650218

Author: Horton, Scott

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In Fools Errand, Scott Horton masterfully explains the tragedy of Americas longest war and makes the case for immediate withdrawal. I highly recommend this excellent book on Americas futile and self-defeating occupation of Afghanistan. - Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower and author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War PlannerThe real story of the disastrous U.S. war in Afghanistan must be written so that future generations may understand the folly of Washingtons warmongers. Scott Hortons Afghan war history is an important contribution to this vital effort. - Ron Paul, M.D., former U.S. congressman and author of Swords into Plowshares: A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and ProsperityScott Hortons, Fools Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, is a definitive, authoritative and exceptionally well-resourced accounting of Americas disastrous war in Afghanistan since 2001. Scotts book deserves not just to be read, but to be kept on your shelf, because as with David Halberstams The Best and Brightest or Neil Sheehans A Bright Shining Lie, I expect Hortons book to not just explain and interpret a current American war, but to explain and interpret the all too predictable future American wars, and the unavoidable waste and suffering that will accompany them. - Capt. Matthew Hoh, USMC (ret.), former senior State Department official, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Senior Fellow at the Center for International PolicyFools Errand is a hidden history of Americas forgotten war, laid bare in damning detail. Scott Horton masterfully retells the story of Americas failed intervention, exposes how Obamas troop surge did not bring Afghanistan any closer to peace, and warns that the conflict could go on in perpetuity - unless America ends the war. As Trump threatens to send more troops to Afghanistan, Horton shows why the answer to a brutal civil war is not more war, which makes Fools Errand a scintillating and sorely needed chronicle of the longest war in American history. - Anand Gopal, journalist and author of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan EyesScott Hortons new book Fools Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan has a title that tells you where it is going, but to think that is all it is about would be to sell short a comprehensive work that takes the reader on a long journey starting in the 1980s. Indeed, if there were a university course on what went wrong with Afghanistan, starting with Ronald Reagans Holy Warriors and continuing with George W. Bushs ouster of the Taliban leading to 15 years of feckless nation building, this book could well serve as the textbook. Horton provides insights into key decision-making along the way as he meticulously documents the dreadful series of misadventures that have brought us to the latest surge, which will fail just like all the others. The book is highly recommended both for readers who already know a lot about Afghanistan as well as for those who want to learn the basics about Americas longest war. - Philip Giraldi, former CIA and DIA officer, executive director of the Council for the National Interest