The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq

The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
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Title: The Strongest Tribe : War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Author(s): WEST, Bing
ISBN: 9781400067015
Category: War & Military - Other
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 2008
Published By: Random House
Pages: 417
Size (mm): 165 w x 240 h x 32 d

Condition

As new condition, light handling wear to dust jacket otherwise as new. Name inside front cover.
Images depict all need to know detail.

About

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 facing America 

During the fierce battle for Fallujah, Bing West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled in women’s clothes. The colonel pointed to a Marine patrol walking by and said, “Americans are the strongest tribe.” 

In Iraq, America made mistake after mistake. Many gave up on the war. Then the war took a sharp U-turn. Two generals–David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno–displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, this remarkable narrative explains the turnaround by U.S. forces. 

In the course of fourteen extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than sixty front-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 gripping and visceral book that changes the way we think about the war, and essential reading for understanding the next critical steps to be taken.

Illustrated throughout with colour images.

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