Bibliograph

Little America, the war within the war for Afghanistan, Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Type

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Little America, the war within the war for Afghanistan, Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Little America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

756576917

Responsibility statement

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Sub title

the war within the war for Afghanistan

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

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

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