Book Review: The truth about the Afghanistan war - and the lies it was built on

Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post used freedom of information to produce the definitive US version of the war in Afghanistan, writes Julian Borger

A U.S. Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. takes up a fighting position after off loading from a helicopter during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan.

• The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
• Craig Whitlock
• Simon & Schuster,
• Hardback, €17.60