LEADER 04398oam 22006614a 450 001 9910787021603321 005 20230124192821.0 010 $a1-61234-632-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000261571 035 $a(EBL)1819599 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001483146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12568617 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001483146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11422514 035 $a(PQKB)11070626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1819599 035 $a(OCoLC)925423597 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35593 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000261571 100 $a20140703d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWarrior Diplomat$eA Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan /$fMichael G. Waltz ; foreword by Peter Bergen 210 1$a[United States} :$cPotomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,$d[2014] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2015 210 4$dİ[2014] 215 $a1 online resource (427 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61234-631-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index. 327 $aState of the war : Office of the Secretary of Defense -- Arabs, Afghans, and Americans : the war of ideas -- The Tagab Valley : patrolling to ambush -- The clinic in Achin : development dilemmas -- The road to Musa Qala : the Taliban are back -- The French in Maruf : a pawn in a diplomatic game -- Operation Perth : war by consensus -- Back to Washington : the Pentagon and the White House -- The Mangal tribe : protecting people we can't access -- The elder in Khost : risk aversion and the cost of inaction -- Night raid : the catch-and-release detention system -- Blackbeard rising : the Afghan National Army Commandos -- On the border with Pakistan : the rocket's red glare -- The tribes of Chamkani : the community defense initiative -- Washington again : wishing the problem away. 330 $aGrappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U.S. military are issues that prompt sleepless nights for both policy makers in Washington and soldiers at war, albeit for different reasons. Few, however, have dealt with these issues in the White House situation room and on the front line. Michael G. Waltz has done just that, working as a policy advisor to Vice President Richard B. Cheney and also serving in the mountains of Afghanistan as a Green Beret, directly implementing strategy in the field that he helped devise in Washington. In Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan Waltz shares his unique firsthand experiences, revealing the sights, sounds, emotions, and complexities involved in the war in Afghanistan. Waltz also highlights the policy issues that have plagued the war effort throughout the past decade, from the drug trade, to civilian casualties, to a lack of resources in comparison to Iraq, to the overall coalition strategy. At the same time, he points out that stabilizing Afghanistan and the region remains crucial to national security and that a long-term commitment along the lines of South Korea or Germany is imperative if America is to remain secure. 606 $aSpecial forces (Military science)$zAfghanistan 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$zAfghanistan 606 $aCivil-military relations$zAfghanistan$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zAfghanistan$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCommando operations 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCampaigns 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$vPersonal narratives, American 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aSpecial forces (Military science) 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American 615 0$aCivil-military relations$xHistory 615 0$aCounterinsurgency$xHistory 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCommando operations. 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xCampaigns. 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021 676 $a958.104/7 700 $aWaltz$b Michael G$01534390 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787021603321 996 $aWarrior Diplomat$93781883 997 $aUNINA