The Endgame
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A Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 In this follow-up to their national bestseller Cobra II, Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American history. This stunning account of the political and military struggle between American, Iraqi, and Iranian forces brings together vivid reporting of diplomatic intrigue and gripping accounts of the blow-by-blow fighting that lasted nearly a decade. Informed by brilliant research and extensive interviews with key figures-including everyone from the intelligence community to Sunni and Shi'ite leaders and former insurgents to senior Iraqi military officers-The Endgame presents a riveting chronicle of the occupation of Iraq to the withdrawal of American troops that is sure to remain the essential account of the war for years to come. This E-book edition also contains a new Appendix collecting twenty-three classified documents, with commentary, that shed new light on some of the military's crucial mistakes and missed opportunities.
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Michael R. Gordon is the chief military correspondent for The New York Times, where he has worked since 1985. He is the coauthor, with Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor, of The Generals' War and Cobra II. He has covered the Iraq and Afghan wars, the Kosovo conflict, the Russian war in Chechnya, the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and the American invasion of Panama. Gordon lives in the Washington, D.C., area. Bernard E. Trainor, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, was a military correspondent for The New York Times from 1986 to 1990. He was director of the National Security Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government from 1990 to 1996 and was a military analyst for NBC during the Iraq War. Trainor lives in Potomac Falls, Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Authors' Note
- Contents
- Maps
- Prologue
- Part 1: Iraqi Freedom: The Occupation and Its Discontents, 2003-2006
- 1. Desert Crossing
- 2. Politics of the Gun
- 3. "Sovereignty with Limits"
- 4. Vigilant Resolve
- 5. A Lost Cause?
- 6. Our Man in Baghdad
- 7. New Dawn
- 8. The Long Telegram
- 9. Papa Jaafari
- 10. The Red Team
- 11. The Year of Living Dangerously
- 12. Together Forward
- 13. The Perfect Storm
- 14. Out West
- Part 2: Double Down: The Surge and Its Aftermath, 2006-2008
- 15. Some Friendly Advice
- 16. Back to the Drawing Board
- 17. League of the Righteous
- 18. Petraeus Takes Command
- 19. The Enemy Within
- 20. The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency
- 21. Phantom Thunder
- 22. The USS CENTCOM
- 23. General Petraeus Goes to Washington
- 24. No Plan B
- 25. Charge of the Knights
- 26. March Madness
- 27. Strange Justice
- Part 3: New Dawn: Obama, Maliki, and Beyond, 2008-2012
- 28. Let's Make a Deal
- 29. The Home Stretch
- 30. Change at the Top
- 31. The Odd Couple
- 32. Trouble Up North
- 33. Crises of Confidence
- 34. Team of Rivals
- 35. The Numbers Game
- 36. Mission Accomplished
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
- Illustrations
- Large Map and Chart Images
- Other Books by This Author
