Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking

Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War (Yale Library of Military History)

The first full insider account of the troop surge in Iraq, told by a member of General David Petraeusâ€™s personal staff

Surge is an insiderâ€™s view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the controversial new U.S. Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency doctrine was developed; to Washington, D.C., and the halls of the Pentagon, where the Joint Chiefs of Staff struggled to understand the conflict; to the streets of Baghdad, where soldiers worked to implement the surge and reenergize the flagging war effort before the Iraqi state splintered; and to the halls of Congress, where Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus testified in some of the most contentious hearings in recent memory.
Using newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, Surge explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker, General Petraeus, and other U.S. and Iraqi political and military leaders shaped the surge from the center of the maelstrom in Baghdad and Washington.
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-11-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300209372

Country	USA
Brand	Yale University Press
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2014-11-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780300209372

Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War (Yale Library of Military History)

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