According to NYT, The Pentagon spent nearly $50,000 to buy and destroy the entire 10,000-copy first printing of the book, “Operation Dark Heart,” before allowing a second printing with 433 passages blacked out. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/us/pentagon-reverses-its-censoring-of-passages-in-afghan-war-book.html?ref=usref=world