THE WRONG ENEMY: AMERICA IN AFGHANISTAN, 2001-2014

Book ID/图书代码： 12844014B69763

English Summary/英文概要： Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Now that American troops are withdrawing, it is time to tell the full history of how we have been fighting the wrong enemy, in the wrong country.

Gall combines searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghanis who endured a terrible war of more than a decade. Her firsthand accounts of Taliban warlords, Pakistani intelligence thugs, American generals, Afghani politicians, and the many innocents who were caught up in this long war are riveting. Her evidence that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden is revelatory. This is a sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 随着美国结束对阿富汗13年的战争，《纽约时报》一位获奖记者讲述了一段令人心悸的历史,不禁问道:我们是否每一次战役都在与错误的敌人作战?

在9/11之后不久，卡洛塔加尔都在阿富汗和巴基斯坦报道了，几乎所有的美国军事行动。她知道这场战争给美国军队和阿富汗人民造成了多大的损失。她知道我们真正的敌人的背后支持势力来自巴基斯坦：这个长袖善舞的军事和情报部队，及其众多的圣战组织一直在支持塔利班，并在各地助长其叛乱活动。然而，我们选择不直接挑战我们所谓的盟友，而是依赖外交接触，而这种外交接触令我们的军队和阿富汗人失望。现在美国军队正在撤退，是时候讲述我们如何在错误的国家与错误的敌人作战的完整历史了。

本书作者加尔结合了自身对战争和背叛的惨痛的个人描述，以及历经了十多年可怕战争的普通阿富汗人的感人描述。她对塔利班军阀、巴基斯坦情报恶棍、美国将军、阿富汗政客以及卷入这场漫长战争的许多无辜者的第一手报道引人入胜。她关于巴基斯坦助长塔利班并保护奥萨马本拉登的证据是具有启示性的。这是对美国领导人对一个他们几乎不理解的敌人发动的战争，也无法真正与之交战的权威记录。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况："A valuable contribution to a hefty body of work on the American war in Afghanistan that has become stale and somewhat hackneyed. It provides a raw, unvarnished and important look at one of the darkest and least understood parts of the Afghan war….Ms. Gall, a reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan and Pakistan for more than a decade, beginning shortly after Sept. 11, is in an extraordinary position to write this important and long overdue book." --The New York Times

"The Wrong Enemy is a timely survey of a military and diplomatic undertaking that has exacted a stiff tribute from Afghans and NATO forces in lives, treasure, and national prestige. Gall is right to confront the uneasy truths involving Pakistan’s double-dealing while also identifying coalition shortfalls...When it comes to informative, credible reporting from Central Asia over the past decade, Gall ranks with journalists like Dexter Filkins and David Rohde who have written about Afghanistan with authority and context. But Gall is perhaps uniquely positioned to tackle the troubling questions she raises about Pakistan’s alleged support of terrorism...As the US and NATO prepare to possibly withdraw all forces from Afghanistan at the close of this year, Gall’s book qualifies as a must-read." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Gall’s long years of reporting for the New York Times from the front lines of the war are clear in this book, particularly in her vivid reconstruction of how things went rapidly downhill after the easy U.S.-led victories over the Taliban at the end of 2001...To her credit, Ms. Gall gets the most important thing right. She underscores the danger of the U.S. turning its back on Afghanistan, which, while still fragile, shows more signs of modernity than ever before. The repercussions of the U.S. drawdown ’are already inspiring Islamists, who are comparing it to the withdrawal of the Soviet Union’ after its defeat at the hands of the mujahedeen. Unlike the Obama administration, Ms. Gall recognizes that radical Islam can’t be ignored or wished away." -- The Wall Street Journal

"A strong, well-crafted account by an informed observer." --The Economist

"The author offers a compelling account of the attack on bin Laden’s compound, the repercussions of which are still being felt. Gall admirably never loses sight of the human element in this tragedy." --Kirkus

About the Author/作者介绍： Carlotta Gall has worked for the New York Times since 1999, including over ten years in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She previously worked for the Financial Times and The Economist. In 2007 she was featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side.

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