Little America: the war within the war for Afghanistan
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 Pr...
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| Sprache: | English |
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London [u.a.]
Bloomsbury
2012
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 368 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781408831809 9781408830079 |
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| spelling | Chandrasekaran, Rajiv Verfasser aut Little America the war within the war for Afghanistan Rajiv Chandrasekaran London [u.a.] Bloomsbury 2012 368 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index 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 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 Obama, Barack / Military leadership Afghan War, 2001- / Political aspects / United States Internal security / Afghanistan Politik United States / Politics and government / 2009- United States / Military policy Afghanistan / Strategic aspects USA |
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