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My share of the task : a memoir / Stanley A. McChrystal.
Van Pelt Library E897.4.M38 A3 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McChrystal, Stanley A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McChrystal, Stanley A.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Command of troops.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- United States. Army.
- McChrystal, Stanley A--Military leadership.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Portfolio, 2013.
- Summary:
- General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, frankly explores the major episodes and controversies of his eventful career.
- Contents:
- 1. Ghosts of Christmas past
- Journey to the Plain
- The army in which I should like to fight
- Renaissance
- Preparation
- The fight begins
- 2. Through the hourglass
- The enemy emerges
- Big Ben
- Entrepreneurs of battle
- Out West
- The hunt
- Hibhib
- Networked
- The long war
- 3. The ticking clock
- Understand
- Design
- Decide
- Execute
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-439) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591844754
- 1591844754
- OCLC:
- 780480413
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