A review by xxstefaniereadsxx
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings

informative medium-paced

3.0

 Michael Hastings detailed his travels around the desert with General Stanley McChrystal during the Afghanistan War. This book exposed the negative feelings of military personnel towards those in charge back in Washington. When those comments were made public, former President Obama stripped McChrystal of his command. It also lifts the veil on the machinations behind the war in Afghanistan. It left me with some negative feelings about the administration of Obama, as well as the war. I have seen what involvement in that war has done to people that I know personally, that I love, and it is hard to reconcile what they believed in and what other people get up to behind the scenes. It is also interesting to note that the author met an interesting and untimely end, and it is widely believed that his death was related to this book. It wasn't the best book I read all year, but it was interesting, and necessary.