The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan is a 2012 non-fiction book by American journalist Michael Hastings.

The Operators is a book that details the author's travels with General Stanley McChrystal and his team in April 2010.

The Daily Beast called it a "book of great consequence...The Operators seems destined to join the pantheon of Global War on Terror (GWOT) literature".

[1] Conversely, in The Wall Street Journal, reviewer Mark Moyar slammed the book, stating: "In contrast to many of the other correspondents covering Afghanistan, Mr. Hastings has not invested the effort required to comprehend the war's complexities.

[4] On 14 April 2014, it was announced that David Michôd would write and direct The Operators, which was subsequently retitled War Machine.