LEADER 02574nam 2200565 450 001 9910797645403321 005 20230807193422.0 010 $a1-61168-827-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000483711 035 $a(EBL)4003892 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001545770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16136389 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12528003 035 $a(PQKB)11100304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4003892 035 $a(OCoLC)920231477 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46294 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4003892 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11124905 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL827509 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000483711 100 $a20160105h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGhost riders of Baghdad $esoldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge /$fDaniel A. Sjursen 210 1$aLebanon, New Hampshire :$cForeEdge,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-61168-781-0 327 $aPreface: "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. 330 $aAn American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in Iraq 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns$zIraq$zBaghdad 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$vPersonal narratives, American 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011 676 $a956.7044/342 700 $aSjursen$b Daniel A.$01506278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797645403321 996 $aGhost riders of Baghdad$93736445 997 $aUNINA