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A\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>Editors\u2019 Choice
\nA\u00a0Military Times\u00a0<\/em>Best Book of the Year<\/strong>J. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the U.S. State Department. Upon returning home, traveling throughout the United States to pay his respects to the dead and wounded, he wondered what lessons, if any, could be learned from these wars.<\/p>\n

In this essential book, Weston questions, interprets, and explains our wars in the Middle East through a tapestry of voices\u2014Iraqi, Afghan, and American\u2014taking readers across California and Fallujah, Khost and Colorado. Along the way we meet generals, corporals, and captains, former Taliban fighters, Afghan schoolteachers, SEAL teams, imams, and many Marines.<\/p>\n

When will these wars end? How will they be remembered? Perhaps no one is better suited to tackle these important questions than Weston.\u00a0The Mirror Test\u00a0<\/em>is an unflinching look at warfare and diplomacy, and a necessary reckoning with America\u2019s actions abroad.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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ABOUT\u00a0THE MIRROR TEST<\/h4>\n

A\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>Editors\u2019 Choice
\nA\u00a0Military Times\u00a0<\/em>Best Book of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

J. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the U.S. State Department. Upon returning home, traveling throughout the United States to pay his respects to the dead and wounded, he wondered what lessons, if any, could be learned from these wars.<\/p>\n

In this essential book, Weston questions, interprets, and explains our wars in the Middle East through a tapestry of voices\u2014Iraqi, Afghan, and American\u2014taking readers across California and Fallujah, Khost and Colorado. Along the way we meet generals, corporals, and captains, former Taliban fighters, Afghan schoolteachers, SEAL teams, imams, and many Marines.<\/p>\n

When will these wars end? How will they be remembered? Perhaps no one is better suited to tackle these important questions than Weston.\u00a0The Mirror Test\u00a0<\/em>is an unflinching look at warfare and diplomacy, and a necessary reckoning with America\u2019s actions abroad.PRAISE<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Praise for J. Kael Weston\u2019s\u00a0The Mirror Test<\/em>:<\/strong>
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\n<\/em>\u201cClosely observed and illuminating. . . . Weston\u2019s reportage recalls the finest foreign correspondence of the Iraq and Afghan wars.\u201d\u00a0\u2013The New York Review of Books<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWeston is. . . a diplomat of great bravery, erudition and heart who befriended Afghans and stood up to his superiors. . . . The emotional core of\u00a0The Mirror Test\u00a0<\/em>is Weston\u2019s profound love for the Marines. . . . Weston is [a] civilian hero.\u201d \u2014The New York Times Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWeston, who worked as a State Department official for more than a decade, brings balance and cultural perspective different from the previous war books. . . . Along the way, he heralds humanitarian efforts and describes a fascinating dynamic of American dollars simultaneously rolling out to fund the allied war effort and the Afghan infrastructure.\u201d \u2014The Desert News<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book shines when it recounts Weston\u2019s day-to-day dealings with Marines (and Iraqis and Afghans). . . . [The Mirror Test] deserves a salute.\u201d \u2014St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWeston, a former State Department official, spent seven courageous and harrowing years on the front lines as a political adviser to American troops. His memoir offers a serious examination of the effects of terrorism from a personal and emotional perspective.\u201d \u2014The New York Times\u00a0<\/em>(Editors\u2019 Choice)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a former Foreign Service officer, Weston is perfectly positioned to provide a different perspective on these wars\u2019 sometimes-particular complexities. . . . The Mirror Test offers insights into tribal, cultural and religious dynamics; the limits of military power as a political instrument; the use of drones; the heavy reliance on special operators; cooperation and failed cooperation among military services, agencies and allies.\u201d\u00a0\u2013The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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