Bowe Bergdahl & the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan

This episode's guest is Michael Ames. He is an investigative reporter and book author based in Brooklyn, New York. After a decade working in media in southern Idaho, Ames moved east and shifted to national issues, writing mostly for the Daily Beast and Harper's and Newsweek magazines. His first book, American Cipher, which he co-authored with former US Army infantryman Matt Farwell, was published by Penguin Press in March. In this interview, Michael set the record straight about this former soldier, along with the manner in which his capture was a pretext for many vested interests. Ames also demonstrated a variety of ways in which Bergdahl's exploited public image paralleled the endless war in Afghanistan. This excellent and critically-acclaimed book, American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan , is available on Amazon, in Barnes and Noble, and all independent book stores.

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Bowe Bergdahl & the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan is an episode from Rackets Podcast by Brian Saady.

This episode is 00:38:56 long.

This episode was published on Jun 10, 2019.

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