The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around--and the choice now facing America. In the course of 14 extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than 60front-line units, discussing strategy with generals and tactics with corporals. He provides an expert's account of counterinsurgency, disposing of myths. By describing the characters and combat in city after city, West gives the reader an in-depth understanding that will inform the debate about the war. This is the definitive study of how American soldiers actually fought--a grippi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58836-759-4
- EAN: 9781588367594
- Produktnummer: 15715144
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'249 KB
- Abbildungen: 16-PP PHOTO INSERT; 2 MAPS
Über den Autor
Bing West has written eleven books, including, with Jim Mattis, the #1 New York Times bestseller Call Sign Chaos. He served as a Marine grunt in Vietnam and later as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. He has been on hundreds of patrols in Iraq and Afghanistan, including many operations with General Mattis. He is a member of the Military History Working Group at the Hoover Institution. He lives with his wife, Betsy, in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Newport, Rhode Island.
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