02574nam 2200565 450 991081980350332120230807193422.01-61168-827-2(CKB)3710000000483711(EBL)4003892(SSID)ssj0001545770(PQKBManifestationID)16136389(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545770(PQKBWorkID)12528003(PQKB)11100304(MiAaPQ)EBC4003892(OCoLC)920231477(MdBmJHUP)muse46294(Au-PeEL)EBL4003892(CaPaEBR)ebr11124905(CaONFJC)MIL827509(EXLCZ)99371000000048371120160105h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGhost riders of Baghdad soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge /Daniel A. SjursenLebanon, New Hampshire :ForeEdge,2015.©20151 online resource (296 p.)Includes index.1-61168-781-0 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.An American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in IraqIraq War, 2003-2011CampaignsIraqBaghdadIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives, AmericanIraqPolitics and government21st centuryIraq War, 2003-2011CampaignsIraq War, 2003-2011956.7044/342Sjursen Daniel A.1603025MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819803503321Ghost riders of Baghdad3927217UNINA