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In June 2010, Michael Hastings shared articles in Rolling Stone that made headlines across the world: In "The Runaway General", he reported on a week he put in 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 carry out of the war led President Obama to order McChrystal to the Oval Office, where he was terminated unceremoniously. While Hastings' reporting earned him a renowned Polk award and resulted in two Pentagon investigations, there is much more to his tale than the indiscretions of Stanley McChrystal. In The Operators, Hastings, previously the Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek, requires the listener behind the diplomatic façades to color a picture of nation-building absent awry. Hastings also requires us on patrol missions in Afghanistan, where he's embedded with American troops, and witnesses firsthand the madness, horror, and existential contradictions of Afghanistan. The Operators combines the severe reportage of your Sebastian Junger with the mad energy of your Michael Herr - it's the painful, powerful story of a war that can never and will never be earned.
