The wrong war : grit, strategy, and the way out of Afghanistan /
Bing West.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Random House, c2011.
- xxii, 307 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-291) and index.
Sisyphus: pacifying the capillary valleys -- They always held the high ground -- Battalion 1-32 returns: the counterinsurgency effect -- Flesh and blood -- Finest stand -- The bravest warrior -- 1,500-mile sanctuary -- A profession, not a creed -- How to clear a district -- Limits of success -- Circular strategy -- Professionals' war -- Setback -- Petraeus takes command -- What is good enough? -- The way out.
From one of America's most renowned war correspondents comes the definitive account of the Afghanistan war, a damning policy assessment, and a compelling and controversial way forward.