American cipher : one soldier's nightmare in the Afghanistan War
Farwell, Matt2020
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On June 30, 2009, Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl left his post in eastern Afghanistan, about 25 miles from the Pakistani border. He was quickly captured by local tribesmen, who sold him up the Taliban's chain of command. In May 2014, after almost five years in captivity - the longest-held and most brutalised Prisoner of War since Vietnam - he was released. His freedom was exchanged for five Taliban commanders held at Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl was welcomed home by President Obama in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. Within hours, however, some of Bergdahl's former platoon mates were denouncing him as a deserter, even a traitor. Bergdahl admits walking away from his guard post of his own volition. But what is the truth: is Bowe Bergdahl a traitor or a hero? Or does the truth lie somewhere in-between, shrouded by the fog of war?
Main title:
American cipher : one soldier's nightmare in the Afghanistan War / Matt Farwell and Michael Ames.
Author:
Farwell, Matt, authorAmes, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Wildfire, 2020.
Collation:
388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472238801 (pbk)
Dewey class:
958.10477092958.104
Language:
English
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BRN:
400018
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