The books that might influence the war in Afghanistan

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The books that might influence the war in Afghanistan

Oct 07 2009

As reported by Shelf Awareness, The future course of the war in Afghanistan is currently being influenced by two books that "draw decidedly different lessons from the Vietnam War," according to Wall Street Journal.

"President Barack Obama recently finished Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam by Gordon M. Goldstein and Vice President Joe Biden is reading it now," the Journal wrote, adding that A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam by Lewis Sorley "has been recommended in multiple lists put out by military officers, including a former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who passed it out to his subordinates."

Source: Shelf Awareness

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