Taliban Safari : One Day in the Surkhagan Valley /

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"Inspired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Taliban Safari describes a long, exhausting day in June of 2009, when US Army Major Paul Darling set off with two teams on a mission to track down and kill Taliban insurgents in the Zabul Province of southe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Darling, Paul (Paul Thomas) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Darling, Paul > (Paul Thomas)
United States. > Army.
Taliban.
Alaska. > Army National Guard.
Talibans.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 21st century.
Alaska. > Army National Guard > Biography.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Soldiers.
Military campaigns.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Armed Forces > Military life.
HISTORY > Military > Afghan War (2001- )
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- > États-Unis.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > United States.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Campaigns > Afghanistan > Zābul.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American.
United States.
Personal narratives > American.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Inspired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Taliban Safari describes a long, exhausting day in June of 2009, when US Army Major Paul Darling set off with two teams on a mission to track down and kill Taliban insurgents in the Zabul Province of southeastern Afghanistan. Darling describes the mundane realties of deployed life--waiting, heat, heavy gear, food--along with the challenges: gaining the trust of the Afghans with whom he fights; adapting to an unfamiliar culture; pursuing an elusive and poorly organized enemy; and providing leadership in sometimes chaotic conditions"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages).
ISBN:9780700627851

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