<em>War Machine</em> Isn’t Sure What Kind of Movie It Is
Based on Michael Hastings’s book about General Stanley McChrystal, the Brad Pitt-starring film wavers between dark comedy and bleak drama.
Michael Hastings’s 2010 article “,” a chronicle of now-retired General Stanley McChrystal’s brief tenure as the commander of operations in Afghanistan, remains a wild read today. A powerful piece of journalism that cost McChrystal his job, the story offered a look inside the behavior of the military elite and was stunning simply because of the level of access Hastings had into their hard-partying lifestyle. Hastings, who died in 2013, turned his article into a book, , which examined McChrystal’s rock-star reputation and how
