The endgame :
Gordon, Michael R., 1951-
The endgame : the inside story of the struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama / Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2012. - xix, 779 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Desert crossing -- Politics of the gun -- Sovereignty with limits -- Vigilant resolve -- A lost cause? -- Our man in Baghdad -- New dawn -- The long telegram -- Papa Jaafari -- The red team -- The year of living dangerously -- Together forward -- The perfect storm -- Out west -- Some friendly advice -- Back to the drawing board -- League of the righteous -- Petraeus takes command -- The enemy within -- The former insurgent counterinsurgent -- Phantom thunder -- The U.S.S. Centcom -- General Petraeus goes to Washington -- No "Plan B" -- Charge of the knights -- March madness -- Strange justice -- Let's make a deal -- The home stretch -- Change at the top -- The odd couple -- Trouble up north -- Crises of confidence -- Team of rivals -- The numbers game -- Mission accomplished.
9780307377227 0307377229
2012024746
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Insurgency--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Political aspects--United States.
Iraq--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Armed Forces--History.--Iraq
Iraq--Ethnic relations.
Iraq--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Iraq.
DS 79.76 / .G672 2012
956.7044/3
The endgame : the inside story of the struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama / Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2012. - xix, 779 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Desert crossing -- Politics of the gun -- Sovereignty with limits -- Vigilant resolve -- A lost cause? -- Our man in Baghdad -- New dawn -- The long telegram -- Papa Jaafari -- The red team -- The year of living dangerously -- Together forward -- The perfect storm -- Out west -- Some friendly advice -- Back to the drawing board -- League of the righteous -- Petraeus takes command -- The enemy within -- The former insurgent counterinsurgent -- Phantom thunder -- The U.S.S. Centcom -- General Petraeus goes to Washington -- No "Plan B" -- Charge of the knights -- March madness -- Strange justice -- Let's make a deal -- The home stretch -- Change at the top -- The odd couple -- Trouble up north -- Crises of confidence -- Team of rivals -- The numbers game -- Mission accomplished.
9780307377227 0307377229
2012024746
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Insurgency--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Political aspects--United States.
Iraq--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Armed Forces--History.--Iraq
Iraq--Ethnic relations.
Iraq--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Iraq.
DS 79.76 / .G672 2012
956.7044/3