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Author West, Francis J.

Title The wrong war : grit, strategy, and the way out of Afghanistan / Bing West.

Imprint New York : Random House, ©2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  958.1047 W52w 2011    ---  Lib Use Only
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  958.104 Wes    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxii, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291) and index.
Contents Sisyphus: pacifying the capillary valleys -- They always held the high ground -- Battalion 1-32 returns: the counterinsurgency effect -- Flesh and blood -- Finest stand -- The bravest warrior -- 1,500-mile sanctuary -- A profession, not a creed -- How to clear a district -- Limits of success -- Circular strategy -- Professionals' war -- Setback -- Petraeus takes command -- What is good enough? -- The way out.
Summary From one of America's most renowned war correspondents comes the definitive account of the Afghanistan war, a damning policy assessment, and a compelling and controversial way forward.
Source NBK 3/11 PPL
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan.
Armed Forces. (OCoLC)fst00814586
Afghanistan (OCoLC)fst01205406
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Afghan War, 2001-
United States -- Armed Forces.
Afghan War (2001-) (OCoLC)fst01695175
Chronological Term Since 2001
ISBN 9781400068739 (acid-free paper)
1400068738 (acid-free paper)
9781588369321 (ebook)
1588369323 (ebook)
Standard No. 40019041240
99941209757

 
    
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