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100 1  Bolger, Daniel P.,|d1957- 
245 10 Why we lost :|ba general's inside account of the Iraq and 
       Afghanistan Wars /|cDaniel Bolger. 
246 30 General's inside account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 
264  1 Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c2014. 
300    xlii, 502 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
500    "An Eamon Dolan Book." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-485) and 
       index. 
505 0  Apocalypse then -- Triumph : the Global War on Terrorism, 
       September 2001 to April 2003. Harbingers ; 9/11 ; The 
       Hindu Kush ; Anaconda ; A weapon of mass destruction ; 
       Apocalypse then redux -- Hubris : the Iraq Campaign, April
       2003 to December 2011. "Mission accomplished" ; What 
       happened in Fallujah ; The color purple ; Implosion ; 
       Malik Daoud ; Requiem on the Tigris -- Nemesis : the 
       Afghan Campaign, April 2003 to December 2014. Undone ; The
       good war ; Taliban heartland ; Malik Daoud again ; 
       Attrition ; Green on blue -- Infinite justice. 
520    Over a thirty-five-year career, Daniel Bolger rose through
       the army infantry to become a three-star general, 
       commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq 
       and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top-
       level military and civilian players, where strategy was 
       made and managed. At the same time, he regularly carried a
       rifle alongside rank-and-file soldiers in combat actions, 
       unusual for a general. Now, as a witness to all levels of 
       military command, Bolger offers a unique assessment of 
       these wars, from 9/11 to the final withdrawal from the 
       region. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching 
       honesty, Bolger makes the firm case that in Iraq and in 
       Afghanistan, we lost but we didn't have to. Intelligence 
       was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by 
       spreadsheets or theories. And, at the root of our failure,
       we never really understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a 
       timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account of 
       these wars from a fresh and authoritative perspective. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xCampaigns. 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|xCampaigns. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009|vPersonal narratives, 
       American. 
650  0 Civil-military relations|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Strategic culture. 
650  0 Leadership.