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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797645403321

Autore

Sjursen Daniel A.

Titolo

Ghost riders of Baghdad : soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge / / Daniel A. Sjursen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : ForeEdge, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61168-827-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/342

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Baghdad

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Iraq Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: "No shit, there we were": Salman Pak backstory -- Enter the "ghost riders": 2nd Platoon, B/3-61 CAV -- Citizenship and sacrifice: reflections on military service -- Life as a countdown: drinking, training, and otherwise getting by -- Doing more with less -- "These dudes are trying to kill us" -- Indispensable friends: Mark and the interpreters -- Breaking point: fear, loss, and defeat -- Sunni versus Shia: the anatomy of sectarian civil war -- Ushering in the "surge": farewell Mada'in, hello Baghdad -- Troop shortage, troop surge: good people, bad advice -- A night to remember -- Shouting at Lindsay Graham -- Staggering to the finish line: aftermath in a shattered platoon -- Disappointing paths: Iraq, seven years on -- War in the rearview: on life after Iraq -- Coda: the power of memory.

Sommario/riassunto

An American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in Iraq