No Good Men Among the Living: A Pulitzer Prize Finalist's Stunning Chronicle of America's Longest War
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE
In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror in No Good Men Among the Living. He follows a Taliban commander who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent, a U.S.-backed warlord who uses the American military to gain wealth and power, and a village housewife trapped between the two sides who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality.
Through their dramatic stories, Gopal lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. This essential reading reveals how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. No Good Men Among the Living offers a devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored attempts by top Taliban leaders to surrender, trusted the wrong people, and backed a feckless and corrupt Afghan regime.
"The most compelling account I've read of how Afghans themselves see the war." —The New York Times Book Review