TY - GEN AU - Gordon,Michael R. AU - Trainor,Bernard E. TI - The endgame: the inside story of the struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama SN - 9780307377227 AV - DS 79.76 .G672 2012 U1 - 956.7044/3 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Pantheon Books KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Insurgency KW - Iraq KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Armed Forces KW - History KW - Ethnic relations KW - Relations N1 - 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 ER -