
Why We Lost
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A commander's "compelling" behind-the-scenes view of the United States at war after 9/11, from high-level strategy to combat on the ground ( The Wall Street Journal). Over his thirty-five year career, Daniel P. Bolger rose through the ranks of the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Perhaps more than anyone else, he was witness to the full extent of these wars, from September 11th to withdrawal from the region. Not only did Bolger participate in top-level planning and strategy meetings, he also regularly carried a rifle alongside soldiers in combat actions. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching honesty, Bolger argues that while we lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, we did not have to. Intelligence was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by spreadsheets or theories. And we never really understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account from a fresh and authoritative perspective, "filled with heartfelt stories of soldiers and Marines in firefights and close combat. It weighs in mightily to the ongoing debate over how the United States should wage war" ( The Washington Post).
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- Front Cover
- Front Flap
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Author's Notes
- Prologue
- PART I: TRIUMPH: THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, SEPTEMBER 2001 TO APRIL 2003
- 1. Harbingers
- 2. 9/11
- 3. The Hindu Kush
- 4. Anaconda
- 5. A Weapon of Mass Destruction
- 6. Apocalypse Then Redux
- PART II: HUBRIS: THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN, APRIL 2003 TO DECEMBER 2011
- 7. "Mission Accomplished"
- 8. What Happened in Fallujah
- 9. The Color Purple
- 10. Implosion
- 11. Malik Daoud
- 12. Requiem on the Tigris
- Part III : Nemesis: The Afghan Campaign, Ap ril 2003 to December 2014
- 13. Undone
- 14. The Good War
- 15. Taliban Heartland
- 16. Malik Daoud Again
- 17. Attrition
- 18. Green on Blue
- Epilogue: Infinite Justice
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Back Flap
- Back Cover
- Spine
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