A buried history of Canadas Afghan war
In 2007, military historian Sean Maloney was commissioned to write Canada\u2019s account of the war in Afghanistan. Unlike other official histories, this one would be documented as it was being fought.\n\nThe three-volume The Canadian Army in Afghanistan, was set to be published in 2014, but it didn\u2019t see the light of day for nearly a decade due to, according to Maloney, concerns within the military.\n\nThe book was quietly, and some say reluctantly, released last summer.\n\nCBC senior defence reporter Murray Brewster on the long delay, what\u2019s actually in the book, and why historical accounts of war can be so divisive.\n\nFor transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts\n\nTranscripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.