Little America the war within the war for Afghanistan

Summary: In this book, the author focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obama's surge. This is the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch., and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the President and a military that, once on the ground, increasingly went its own way.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307958426 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307958426 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 368 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Grand Dreams. An enchanting time ; Stop the slide ; Marineistan ; The wrong man ; The road to ruins ; The surge -- Shattered Plans. Bleeding ulcer ; Search and destroy ; Deadwood ; Burn rate ; Allies at war ; Odd man out ; A bridge too far -- Triage. The boss of the border ; A fresh can of whoop-ass ; There was no escaping him ; My heart is broken ; What we have is folly.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.