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Author Darling, Paul (Paul Thomas), author.

Title Taliban safari : one day in the Surkhagan Valley / Paul Darling.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  958.104742 D249t 2019    ---  Available
Description xii, 168 pages, 18 pages of plates ; 24 cm
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Summary "Inspired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Taliban Safari describes a long, exhausting day in June of 2009, when US Army Major Paul Darling set off with two teams on a mission to track down and kill Taliban insurgents in the Zabul Province of southeastern Afghanistan. Darling describes the mundane realties of deployed life--waiting, heat, heavy gear, food--along with the challenges: gaining the trust of the Afghans with whom he fights; adapting to an unfamiliar culture; pursuing an elusive and poorly organized enemy; and providing leadership in sometimes chaotic conditions"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Start point -- Line of departure -- Movement to contact -- Dismounted patrol -- Charge! -- High noon -- Surkhagan rules -- 9-line -- The humbling river -- Miles to go -- The final mission.
Subject Darling, Paul (Paul Thomas)
Taliban.
United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Alaska. Army National Guard -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 21st century.
Alaska. Army National Guard. (OCoLC)fst00678408
Taliban. (OCoLC)fst00743547
United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
Afghan War (2001-) (OCoLC)fst01695175
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Zbul.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- United States.
Armed Forces -- Military life. (OCoLC)fst01351813
Armed Forces -- Officers. (OCoLC)fst00814617
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
Afghanistan -- Zbul. (OCoLC)fst01890217
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives -- American. (OCoLC)fst01424071
ISBN 9780700627844 hardcover alkaline paper
0700627847 hardcover alkaline paper
9780700627851 electronic book

 
    
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