x, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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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,Obama, Barack -- Military leadership.
Afghan War, 2001- Political aspects United States. Internal security Afghanistan.
,United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-.