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Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780307957146
  • 0307957144
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 958.104/71 23
LOC classification:
  • DS371.412 .C48 2012
Contents:
Contents: Map of Southern Afghanistan—Prologue—Part one : grand dreams—1. An enchanting time—2. Stop the slide—3. Marineistan—4. The wrong man—5. The road to ruins=--6. The surge—Part two : shattered plans—7. Bleeding ulcer—8. Search and destroy—9. Deadwood—10. Burn rate—11. Allies at war—12. Odd man out—13. A bridge too far—Part three : triage—14. The boss of the border—15. A fresh can of whoop-ass—16. There was no escaping him—17. My heart is broken—18. What we have is folly—Acknowledgments—Notes—Bibliography—Index.
Summary: 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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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.412.C43 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000351667
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“Includes bibliography”—(p. [345]-348).

Contents: Map of Southern Afghanistan—Prologue—Part one : grand dreams—1. An enchanting time—2. Stop the slide—3. Marineistan—4. The wrong man—5. The road to ruins=--6. The surge—Part two : shattered plans—7. Bleeding ulcer—8. Search and destroy—9. Deadwood—10. Burn rate—11. Allies at war—12. Odd man out—13. A bridge too far—Part three : triage—14. The boss of the border—15. A fresh can of whoop-ass—16. There was no escaping him—17. My heart is broken—18. What we have is folly—Acknowledgments—Notes—Bibliography—Index.

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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