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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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Main Author: Hastings, Michael 1980-2013 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Plume Books 2012.
Subjects:
McChrystal, Stanley A. > Military leadership.
Hastings, Michael, > 1980-2013
United States. > Army > Officers > Conduct of life.
Afghan War, 2001-
Afghan War, 2001- > Political aspects > United States.
Afghan War, 2001- > Personal narratives, American.
United States > Military policy.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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