The operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan

pt. I The Plan --

1. Delta Bravo --

2. It's Not Switzerland --

3. Lady Gaga --

4. "Intimidated by the Crowd" --

5. Arc de Triomphe --

6. "A Violent Act" --

7. On the X --

8. The A-Team --

9. "Bite Me" --

10. The Photo Op --

11. Totally Shit-Faced --

12. "Dead Silence" --

13. The Horror, the Horror --

14. We're Actually Losing --

15. Petraeus Can't Do Afghanistan, and We Aren't Going to Get Bin Laden --

16. The Elections, Part I --

17. Texts to Berlin --

18. The Elections, Part II --

19. Team America Rolls the Ritz --

20. On Principle --

21. Spies Like Us --

22. "I'm President. I Don't Give a Shit What They Say" --

23. The Strategy --

24. "Let Me Be Clear" --

25. Worshipping the Gods of Beer --

26. Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part I, 1954 -- 1976 --

27. "The Jerk in Green" --

28. Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part II, 1976 -- Present Day --

29. Reality Checks In --

pt. II Interlude: Dubai --

pt. III Afganistan --

30. A Short History of a Horrible Idea --

31. Bad Romance.

32. President Karzai Has a Cold --

33. An E-mail Exchange: Come Walk in Our Boots --

34. A Boy Born in 1987 --

35. Where Is Israel Arroyo? --

36. Ingram's House --

37. An Army of None --

38. In the Arena --

39 ."I Didn't Even Know We Were Fighting There" --

40. The Concluding Converations with Duncan Boothby, General Petraeus Face-Plants in Congress, and the Story Breaks While I Watch American Helicopter Pilots Kill Insurgents --

pt. IV The Graceful Exit --

41. "Very, Very Bad" --

42. The Pentagon Investigates McChrystal --

43. The Media-Military-Industrial Complex --

44. I'd Rather Be Eating a Burger --

45. Once Upon a Time in Kandahar --

46. King David's War --

47. "Tourism, Not Terrorism" --

48. Petraeus Does Body Counts --

49. The New Afghanistan --

50. Joe Biden Is Right.