The wrong war : grit, strategy, and the way out of Afghanistan / Bing West.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2012.Description: xxii, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780812980905
- 9781588369321
- DS371.412. W47
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Monograph
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.412.W47 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000356740 |
“National bestseller”—cover page.
“With a new afterword by the author”—cover page.
“Should be read by anyone who wants to understand why the war [in Afghanistan] is so hard” / Dexter Filkins, The New York times book review”—cover page.
“Includes bibliography”—(p. [297]-299).
Contents: Note to the reader—Preface—Introduction—Part one : the north—1. Sisyphus : pacifying the capillary valleys—2. They always held the high ground—3. Battalion 1-32 returns : the counterinsurgency effect—4. Flesh and blood—5. Finest stand—6. The bravest warrior—7. 1,500-Mile sanctuary—Part two : the south—8. A profession, not a creed—9. How to clear a district—10. Limits of success—11. Circular strategy—12. Professionals’ war—13. Setback—14. Petraeus takes command—15. What is good enough?—16. The way out—Afterword—Acknowledgments—Appendixes—Note—Bibliography—Index.