Ghost riders of Baghdad : soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge /

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An American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in Iraq.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sjursen, Daniel A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2015]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
Temas:
Sjursen, Daniel A.
United States. > Army. > Cavalry Regiment, 61st. > Squadron, 3rd.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > Cavalry Regiment, 61st. > Squadron, 3rd
2003-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns > Iraq > Baghdad.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Campagnes et batailles > Irak > Bagdad.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Armed Forces > Officers
Military campaigns
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Middle East.
Iraq
Iraq > Baghdad
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: "No shit, there we were": Salman Pak backstory
  • Enter the "ghost riders": 2nd Platoon, B/3-61 CAV
  • Citizenship and sacrifice: reflections on military service
  • Life as a countdown: drinking, training, and otherwise getting by
  • Doing more with less
  • "These dudes are trying to kill us"
  • Indispensable friends: Mark and the interpreters
  • Breaking point: fear, loss, and defeat
  • Sunni versus Shia: the anatomy of sectarian civil war
  • Ushering in the "surge": farewell Mada'in, hello Baghdad
  • Troop shortage, troop surge: good people, bad advice
  • A night to remember
  • Shouting at Lindsay Graham
  • Staggering to the finish line: aftermath in a shattered platoon
  • Disappointing paths: Iraq, seven years on
  • War in the rearview: on life after Iraq
  • Coda the power of memory.

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