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The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe
Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose
story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in
Afghanistan In the early hours of June 30, 2009, Private First
Class Bowe Bergdahl walked off his platoon's base. Since that day,
easy answers to the many questions surrounding his case have proved
elusive. Why did he leave his post? What kinds of efforts were made
to recover him from the Taliban? And why, facing court martial, did
he plead guilty to the serious charges against him? In American
Cipher, journalists Matt Farwell and Michael Ames persuasively
argue that the Bergdahl story is as illuminating an episode as we
have as we seek the larger truths of how the United States lost its
way in Afghanistan. Telling the parallel stories of an idealistic,
misguided young soldier and a nation stalled in an unwinnable war,
the book reveals the fallout that ensued when the two collided, and
in the process, provides a definitive corrective to the composite
of narratives - many simplistic or flawed, unfair or untrue - that
have contributed to the Bergdahl myth. Based on years of exclusive
reporting drawing on dozens of sources throughout the military,
government, and Bergdahl's family, friends, and fellow soldiers,
American Cipher is at once a meticulous investigation of government
dysfunction and political posturing, a blistering commentary on
America's presence in Afghanistan, and a heart-breaking chronicle
of a naive young man who thought he could fix the world and wound
up as the tool of forces far beyond his understanding.
What is Ketsanis? A camp for emotionally disturbed children in the
Adirondack Mountains, which had once been the 'great camp' of a
wealthy family ... A ghost story told around a campfire, which
draws its listeners into the unresolved business of the past ... A
spirit in the grips of an ancient anguish past human understanding
... And at its foundations: a flirtation with the unknowable and
inhuman mystery beyond the superficial rationality of the world.
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