Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
2012
DS371.412 .C48 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
Author
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780307957146
0307957144
0307957144
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DS371.412 .C48 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
958.104/71
Summary
In 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.
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"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Grand 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.
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.