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Ghost riders of Baghdad : soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge / Daniel A. Sjursen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sjursen, Daniel A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns--Iraq--Baghdad.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
- Iraq--Politics and government--21st century.
- Iraq.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 61st. Squadron, 3rd.
- Sjursen, Daniel A.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon, New Hampshire : ForeEdge, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in Iraq
- Contents:
- Preface: "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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611688276
- 1611688272
- OCLC:
- 920231477
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