Currently doing Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden by Steve Coll, pretty good and thorough so can see why it won a Pulitzer a the time. Really shows what a clusterfuck the middle east and how the current stuff going on goes back a long way and with a lot of dubious decisions at every turn
I rated ghost wars. Another in that theme is Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. It’s even more insane/depressing but again very readable
Currently doing Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden by Steve Coll, pretty good and thorough so can see why it won a Pulitzer a the time. Really shows what a clusterfuck the middle east and how the current stuff going on goes back a long way and with a lot of dubious decisions at every turn