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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 307 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781400068739
  • 9781588369321
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • DS 371.412 .W47 2011
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS 371.412 .W47 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 21967
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 21698
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(p. [289-291).

“Bing West, New York Times bestselling author of the strongest tribe”—cover page.

Contents: Note to the reader—Preface—Introduction—Part one : the north—1. Sisyphus : pacifying the capillary valleys—2. They always held the high ground—3. Battalion 1-32 returns : the counterinsurgency effect—4. Flesh and blood—5. Finest stand—6. The bravest warrior—7. 1,500-Mile sanctuary—Part two : the south—8. A profession, not a creed—9. How to clear a district—10. Limits of success—11. Circular strategy—12. Professionals’ war—13. Setback—14. Petraeus takes command—15. What is good enough?—16. The way out—acknowledgments—Appendixes—Note—Bibliography—Index.

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