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Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to continue to publish  \nbooks for every reader.  \nImage credits appear on this page.  \nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA  \nNames: Farwell, Matt, author. | Ames, Michael, author.  \nTitle: American cipher : Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. tragedy in Afghanistan / Matt Farwell and  \nMichael Ames.  \nDescription: New York : Penguin Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018046632 (print) | LCCN 2018058587 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735221055 (ebook)  \n| ISBN 9780735221048 (hardcover)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Bergdahl, Bowe, 1986- | Soldiers—United States—Biography. | Afghan War, 2001-| Bergdahl, Bowe, 1986—Trials, litigation, etc. | Trials (Military offenses)—United States. Classification: LCC DS371.43. B47 (ebook) | LCC DS371.43. B47 F37 2019 (print) | DDC  \n958. 104/78 [B]—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2018046632](https://lccn.loc.gov/2018046632)  \nVersion_2  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Dr. Hannah Tyson and Michael Hastings  \n—MATT FARWELL  \nFor my mom, my friend: ElyseAmes (1941–2017)  \n—MICHAEL AMES  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nTitle Page Copyright Dedication Maps Prologue  \nACT I . A FANTASTIC PLAN  \nOne. Little America Two. Blowback  \nThree. Adjustment Disorder Four. An Army of One Five. OP Mest  \nACT II . LOST  \nSix. DUSTWUN Seven. The Lost Puppy Eight. River City  \nNine. Diversions and Deceptions  \nACT III . TRAPPED  \nTen. Not the Worst News Eleven. The Pakistan Paradox  \nTwelve. Fixing Intel  \nThirteen. Means of Escape  \nACT IV. BRING BOWE HOME  \nFourteen. Pawns  \nFifteen. The No-Negotiations Negotiations  \nSixteen. Bob’s War  \nSeventeen. The Five-Sided Wind Tunnel  \nACT V. CODES OF CONDUCT  \nEighteen. Welcome Home  \nNineteen. Fox Nation  \nTwenty. Debriefing  \nTwenty-one. Squared Away  \nTwenty-two. The Noise  \nTwenty-three. Guilty  \nEpilogue  \nPhotographs  \nAcknowledgments  \nImage Credits  \nNotes  \nIndex  \nAbout the Authors  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)","cbCairNeFqkMnXoc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairNeFqkMnXoc","pdf",21830096,370,"English","# Prologue\n# Act I. A Fantastic Plan\n## One. Little America\n## Two. Blowback\n## Three. Adjustment Disorder\n## Four. An Army of One\n## Five. OP Mest\n# Act II. Lost\n## Six. DUSTWUN\n## Seven. The Lost Puppy\n## Eight. River City\n## Nine. Diversions and Deceptions\n# Act III. Trapped\n## Ten. Not the Worst News\n## Eleven. The Pakistan Paradox\n## Twelve. Fixing Intel\n## Thirteen. Means of Escape\n# Act IV. Bring Bowe Home\n## Fourteen. Pawns\n## Fifteen. The No-Negotiations Negotiations\n## Sixteen. Bob’s War\n## Seventeen. The Five-Sided Wind Tunnel\n# Act V. Codes of Conduct\n## Eighteen. Welcome Home\n## Nineteen. Fox Nation\n## Twenty. Debriefing\n## Twenty-one. Squared Away\n## Twenty-two. The Noise\n## Twenty-three. 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