A cikin wannan littafi, Hastings, matashin ɗan jarida mai zaman kansa, ya ba da labarin abubuwan da ya faru game da yaƙin Afghanistan. Ya yi imanin shigar da sojan da Amurka ta jagoranta a wurin bai dace ba kuma ba zai haifar da dawwamammen fa'ida ba, domin ya dogara ne akan tatsuniyoyi masu son kai game da dabarun yaki da 'yan tawaye da kuma ingancin kasar Afghanistan. Littafin ya kunshi wasu bayanai masu kaifi kan irin matsin lambar da yakin ya dorawa sojojin Amurka da kuma nuna hoton shugaban kasar Afganistan Hamid Karzai. Amma zuciyar littafin ita ce labarin yadda Hastings ya yi nasarar samun damar ganawa da Janar Stanley McChrystal, sannan kwamandan sojojin Amurka a Afganistan, da kuma membobin da'irarsa na ciki domin rubuta bayanin martaba na Rolling Stone. Halin rashin tsaro da maganganunsu, wanda Hastings ya bayar da rahoto, a ƙarshe ya kashe McChrystal aikinsa. Littafin ya yi magana game da muhimman batutuwa game da yadda ya kamata 'yan jarida su kasance da alaka da soja da yakin da suke yi, da kuma wasu marasa mahimmanci game da yadda Hastings ke tsara rayuwarsa.
(Al'amuran Waje)
