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Author Gordon, Michael R., 1951- author.

Title Degrade and destroy : the inside story of the war against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump / Michael R. Gordon.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
©2022

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  363.325 GORD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  363.325 GORDON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.325 GOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.325 GOR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.325 GORDON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  363.325 GORDON    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 475 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 pages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-453) and index.
Contents Impala Rider -- Plan B -- An Appeal from Baghdad -- Make or Break -- All Fall Down -- Back to the Future -- Iraq First -- Talon Anvil -- The Darkest Hour -- Combat -- Dweller -- The War Room -- The Next Ten Plays -- Objective Fish -- Eagle Strike -- The Tactical Directive -- Council of War -- The Final Days -- Wrath of the Euphrates -- Eclipse -- Jazeera Storm -- Continuing Resolve.
Summary "A history of the United States' war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Degrade and Destroy, the bestselling author and Wall Street Journal national security correspondent Michael R. Gordon reveals the strategy debates, diplomatic gambits, and military operations that shaped the struggle against the Islamic State. With extraordinary access to top U.S. officials and military commanders and to the forces on the battlefield, Gordon offers a riveting narrative that ferrets out some of the war's most guarded secrets." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Subject IS (Organization)
Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Military relations -- Iraq.
United States -- Military relations -- Syria.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
IS (Organization) (OCoLC)fst01914325
Military relations. (OCoLC)fst01353799
Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
Terrorism -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst01148123
Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780374279899 (hardcover)
0374279896 (hardcover)
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