| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Age of anarchy -- Abizaidland -- The new centurions -- The Department -- The trophy -- No job for amateurs -- Sheikh of sheikhs -- "We didn't know" -- All glory is fleeting -- The bunker in Jadiriyah -- "What would you do, Lieutenant?" -- The Army of the Tigris -- Big Green. |
| Summary |
Analyzing the careers of an elite quartet--General John Abizaid, General George Casey Jr., General Peter Chiarelli, and General David Petraeus, Jaffe shows how the most powerful military force in the world entered a major war unprepared, and how the Army, drawing on this reservoir of talent that few thought it possessed, saved itself from crushing defeat against a ruthless, low-tech foe. |
| Subject |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Biography.
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Casey, George W.
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Abizaid, John P., 1951-
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Chiarelli, Peter W.
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Petraeus, David Howell.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Jaffe, Greg.
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| ISBN |
9780307409065 |
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0307409066 |
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