Our longest war

Right or wrong, victorious or defeated? Twelve years after Canada went to war in Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11, it's time to reckon with the now-over mission. A new Star Dispatches ebook, Our Longest War: The Story of Canada's 12 years in Afghanistan Told by Toronto Star Staff Journalists and Contributors, includes 12 probing essays examining the conflict year by year, theme by theme, tragedy by tragedy. Have the war's staggering costs -162 Canadian deaths, countless injuries, the 14 billion bill -helped Afghanistan and made the world more secure? Or was it all for naught? Our Longest War is an essential guide for grappling with those tough questions.