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000452541 1001_ $$aChandrasekaran, Rajiv.
000452541 24510 $$aLittle America :$$bthe war within the war for Afghanistan /$$cRajiv Chandrasekaran.
000452541 250__ $$a1st ed.
000452541 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2012.
000452541 300__ $$ax, 368 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm.
000452541 500__ $$a"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
000452541 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000452541 5050_ $$aGrand Dreams. An enchanting time ; Stop the slide ; Marineistan ; The wrong man ; The road to ruins ; The surge -- Shattered Plans. Bleeding ulcer ; Search and destroy ; Deadwood ; Burn rate ; Allies at war ; Odd man out ; A bridge too far -- Triage. The boss of the border ; A fresh can of whoop-ass ; There was no escaping him ; My heart is broken ; What we have is folly.
000452541 520__ $$aIn this book, the author focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obama's surge. This is the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch., and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the President and a military that, once on the ground, increasingly went its own way.
000452541 60010 $$aObama, Barack$$xMilitary leadership.
000452541 650_0 $$aAfghan War, 2001-$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States.
000452541 650_0 $$aInternal security$$zAfghanistan.
000452541 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2009-2017.
000452541 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xMilitary policy.
000452541 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xStrategic aspects.
000452541 85200 $$bgen$$hDS371.412$$i.C48$$i2012
000452541 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-b.html
000452541 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-d.html
000452541 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-s.html
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