This book is self published but amazingly in depth researched. Some of its conclusions are conjecture but
many an observer have said the same thing - the US engagement in the area is not altruistic but for gain and profit, at high cost for all involved. The cost for the local population is especially high where local casualty count - mostly innocent civilians - has exceded that of 9/11 by a factor of at least 30 - 50. The ensuing agony for the local populations is horrendous. In its foreign policy the author points out that the US again and again aligns itself with exactly the kinds of undemocratic regimes it purports to oppose. The book says it is never too late to return to the road of virtue and the author is asking the US to change the policy of death and destruction to something more positive for the benefit of all concerned. Let's hope something better can be built based on love and compassion.
On the negative side I noted numerous gramatical errors but the ideas expressed are easy to understand all the same. Many books saying similar things are available on amazon.com like The End of Arrogance and The Icaros Syndrome and Vietnam - the Full History and Fixing the Facts. Freedom of expression is a blessing.