Warrior Diplomat A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan / Michael G. Waltz ; foreword by Peter Bergen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waltz, Michael G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special forces (Military science)--Afghanistan.

Special forces (Military science).

Military assistance, American--Afghanistan.

Military assistance, American.

Civil-military relations--Afghanistan--History--21st century.

Civil-military relations.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--History--21st century.

Counterinsurgency.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Commando operations.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States. Army. Special Forces--Officers--Biography.

Waltz, Michael G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

[United States} : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U.S. military are issues that prompt sleepless nights for both policy makers in Washington and soldiers at war, albeit for different reasons. Few, however, have dealt with these issues in the White House situation room and on the front line. Michael G. Waltz has done just that, working as a policy advisor to Vice President Richard B. Cheney and also serving in the mountains of Afghanistan as a Green Beret, directly implementing strategy in the field that he helped devise in Washington. In Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan Waltz shares his unique firsthand experiences, revealing the sights, sounds, emotions, and complexities involved in the war in Afghanistan. Waltz also highlights the policy issues that have plagued the war effort throughout the past decade, from the drug trade, to civilian casualties, to a lack of resources in comparison to Iraq, to the overall coalition strategy. At the same time, he points out that stabilizing Afghanistan and the region remains crucial to national security and that a long-term commitment along the lines of South Korea or Germany is imperative if America is to remain secure.

Contents:

State of the war : Office of the Secretary of Defense

Arabs, Afghans, and Americans : the war of ideas

The Tagab Valley : patrolling to ambush

The clinic in Achin : development dilemmas

The road to Musa Qala : the Taliban are back

The French in Maruf : a pawn in a diplomatic game

Operation Perth : war by consensus

Back to Washington : the Pentagon and the White House

The Mangal tribe : protecting people we can't access

The elder in Khost : risk aversion and the cost of inaction

Night raid : the catch-and-release detention system

Blackbeard rising : the Afghan National Army Commandos

On the border with Pakistan : the rocket's red glare

The tribes of Chamkani : the community defense initiative

Washington again : wishing the problem away.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781612346328

1612346324

OCLC:

925423597