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The Long War: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan Since 9/11

By David Loyn

Book information

ISBN
9781250128430, 9781250128423
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
21 MB (22016401 bytes)
Pages
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Topic
Religion
Time added
2023-12-03 12:50:26
islam; islamic; deen; deeni; quran; qur'an; koran;

Description

The true inside story of key command personalities driving the Afghan War—the longest war in America's history. David Loyn's The Long War tells the story of the eight Generals (seven American, one British) who led the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. This was a high profile, increasingly complex role. Generals including David Petraeus, Stanley McChrystal, David McKiernan, and Dan McNeill are interviewed about their command of the war. They had military experience going back to Vietnam, but were now to be tested in battle as never before. McChrystal had the reputation of a 'warrior monk' and is considered one of the most gifted military leaders of his generation. Afghanistan was the only war in NATO's 70-year history called under its founding principle: that an attack on one is considered an attack on all. Holding together this complex coalition after 9/11 was a unique leadership challenge, calling on highly developed political and military...

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