Zero Out (The C.I.A. and the Secret History of the Fall of Kabul)
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Product Details
Author:
Steve Coll
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
464
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group (August 10, 2027)
Imprint:
Penguin Press
Release Date:
August 10, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780593492130
ISBN-10:
0593492137
Weight:
23.94oz
Dimensions:
6.125" x 9.25" x 1.1563"
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$35.00
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
12
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$26.95
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
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A
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Yes
Overview
The definitive and epic story of the end of America’s longest war and withdrawal from Afghanistan, by Steve Coll, the Pulitzer Prize–winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and Directorate S
The war in Afghanistan spanned multiple administrations and cost trillions of dollars. In 2016, Trump promised, like previous presidents, to end it once and for all. And yet, there was no consensus across the government, intelligence services, or the military about how to withdraw troops responsibly and effectively without handing the country back over to the Taliban. Over the next four years, the US would lurch erratically towards an exit from war—holding secretive peace talks to reduce the presence of troops—but with diplomatic, CIA, and military efforts often at cross-purposes, and with little to no coordination between American allies both in Afghanistan and NATO. All the while, the Taliban grew stronger and increasingly emboldened. After Joe Biden was elected in 2020, his administration delayed the withdrawal before committing to having American troops gone by September 2021—the twenty-year anniversary of catastrophic 9/11 attacks that had instigated the war in the first place. A conclusive, disastrous retreat was set in motion, culminating in the collapse of the Afghan military, the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, 2021, and, finally, a devastating suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26. President Biden’s approval rating plummeted, never to recover before the 2024 election.
One of the most distinguished and accomplished reporters at work today, Coll tells this story in astonishing, engrossing, forensic detail, revealing the true characters and motivations at work behind the scenes. With news-breaking sources from within the Pentagon and the CIA, as well as throughout the region, Coll takes readers into the rooms where the war was lost and how the fate of the people of Afghanistan was decided. This is one of the great human tragedies our time, grippingly told in full for the first time. A masterpiece of peerlessly reported history, and the capstone to the narratives of Ghost Wars and Directorate S, Zero Out is destined to be read for decades.
The war in Afghanistan spanned multiple administrations and cost trillions of dollars. In 2016, Trump promised, like previous presidents, to end it once and for all. And yet, there was no consensus across the government, intelligence services, or the military about how to withdraw troops responsibly and effectively without handing the country back over to the Taliban. Over the next four years, the US would lurch erratically towards an exit from war—holding secretive peace talks to reduce the presence of troops—but with diplomatic, CIA, and military efforts often at cross-purposes, and with little to no coordination between American allies both in Afghanistan and NATO. All the while, the Taliban grew stronger and increasingly emboldened. After Joe Biden was elected in 2020, his administration delayed the withdrawal before committing to having American troops gone by September 2021—the twenty-year anniversary of catastrophic 9/11 attacks that had instigated the war in the first place. A conclusive, disastrous retreat was set in motion, culminating in the collapse of the Afghan military, the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, 2021, and, finally, a devastating suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26. President Biden’s approval rating plummeted, never to recover before the 2024 election.
One of the most distinguished and accomplished reporters at work today, Coll tells this story in astonishing, engrossing, forensic detail, revealing the true characters and motivations at work behind the scenes. With news-breaking sources from within the Pentagon and the CIA, as well as throughout the region, Coll takes readers into the rooms where the war was lost and how the fate of the people of Afghanistan was decided. This is one of the great human tragedies our time, grippingly told in full for the first time. A masterpiece of peerlessly reported history, and the capstone to the narratives of Ghost Wars and Directorate S, Zero Out is destined to be read for decades.
