Tell me how this ends : General David Petraeus and the search for a way out of Iraq / Linda Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Linda, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petraeus, David Howell--Interviews.

Petraeus, David Howell.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Iraq.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the ground in Iraq, with General Petraeus and his commanders, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos reports on the endgame of a controversial war.

Contents:

Contents; MAP OF BAGHDAD xi; PREFACE xiii; 1 The Genesis of a Civil War 1; 2 A Failing War, and the Decision to Surge 25; 3 David Howell Petraeus 47; 4 The Petraeus Team Launches 85; 5 Fard al-Qanoon, the Baghdad Security Plan 119; 6 The Political Puzzle 141; 7 Downsizing Expectations 169; 8 The Blue Spaders in the Inferno 181; 9 The Knights of Ameriya 217; 10 The Sons of Iraq 251; 11 Full-Court Press 271; 12 The September Reckoning 293; 13 The Drawdown Begins, and the Cease-Fire Spreads 307; 14 To the Brink Again 327; 15 Tell Me How This Ends 345; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357; NOTES 361

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 381

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-391) and index.

ISBN:

9786612449765

0-7867-2609-1

1-282-44976-1

OCLC:

646834686