The operators the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan
Reveals the high-stakes maneuvers and bureaucratic infighting of the military commanders involved in the Afghan War, describing patrol missions into the Afghan hinterlands and late-night sessions of military advisors.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The operators |b the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan |c Michael Hastings. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Plume Books |c 2012. | |
| 300 | |a 417 pages |b illustrations |c 21 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Previously published in a Blue Rider Press edition. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. I THE PLAN -- 1.Delta Bravo -- 2.It's Not Switzerland -- 3.Lady Gaga -- 4."Intimidated by the Crowd" -- 5.Arc de Triomphe -- 6."A Violent Act" -- 7.On the X -- 8.The A-Team -- 9."Bite Me" -- 10.The Photo Op -- 11.Totally Shit- Faced -- 12."Dead Silence" -- 13.The Horror, the Horror -- 14.We're Actually Losing -- 15.Petraeus Can't Do Afghanistan, and We Aren't Going to Get Bin Laden -- 16.The Elections, Part I -- 17.Texts to Berlin -- 18.The Elections, Part II -- 19.Team America Rolls the Ritz -- 20.On Principle -- 21.Spies Like Us -- 22."I'm President. I Don't Give a Shit What They Say" -- 23.The Strategy -- 24."Let Me Be Clear" -- 25.Worshipping the Gods of Beer -- 26.Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part I, 1954--1976 -- 27."The Jerk in Green" -- 28.Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part II, 1976--Present Day -- 29.Reality Checks In -- pt. II INTERLUDE: DUBAI -- pt. III AFGHANISTAN -- 30.A Short History of a Horrible Idea -- 31.Bad Romance -- 32.President Karzai Has a Cold -- 33.An E-mail Exchange: Come Walk in Our Boots -- 34.A Boy Born in 1987 -- 35.Where Is Israel Arroyo? -- 36.Ingram's House -- 37.An Army of None -- 38.In the Arena -- 39."I Didn't Even Know We Were Fighting There" -- 40.The Concluding Converations with Duncan Boothby, General Petraeus Face-Plants in Congress, and the Story Breaks While I Watch American Helicopter Pilots Kill Insurgents -- pt. IV THE GRACEFUL EXIT -- 41."Very, Very Bad" -- 42.The Pentagon Investigates McChrystal -- 43.The Media-Military-Industrial Complex -- 44.I'd Rather Be Eating a Burger -- 45.Once Upon a Time in Kandahar -- 46.King David's War -- 47."Tourism, Not Terrorism" -- 48.Petraeus Does Body Counts -- 49.The New Afghanistan -- 50.Joe Biden Is Rig | |
| 520 | |a Reveals the high-stakes maneuvers and bureaucratic infighting of the military commanders involved in the Afghan War, describing patrol missions into the Afghan hinterlands and late-night sessions of military advisors. | ||
| 592 | |b 07/04/2015 |c Hadiah & Sumbangan |h Mej Iskandar W. Crafter | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a McChrystal, Stanley A. |x Military leadership. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Hastings, Michael, |d 1980-2013 |
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a United States. |b Army |x Officers |x Conduct of life. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Afghan War, 2001- | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Afghan War, 2001- |x Political aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Afghan War, 2001- |v Personal narratives, American. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Military policy. | |
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