Jack Fairweather: 2 books
The Volunteer
One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
“Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us—as if watching a movie—the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp, organized a rebellion, and then snuck back out. We are squarely confronted with the other human truth:...
The Good War
Why We Couldn't Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In the earliest years of the war in Afghanistan, after the Taliban fell to an American-led coalition, the fight there appeared to be a triumph-a good war” in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. Now, thirteen years after it began, it has turned into the longest war in U.S. history, as well as the...