By Daniel Bolger
ISBN-10: 0544438345
ISBN-13: 9780544438347
A high-ranking general's gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the way all of it went wrong
Over a thirty-five-year occupation, Daniel Bolger rose during the military infantry to turn into a three-star common, commanding in either theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in conferences with top-level army and civilian avid gamers, the place technique used to be made and controlled. while, he on a regular basis carried a rifle along rank-and-file infantrymen in strive against activities, strange for a basic. Now, as a witness to all degrees of army command, Bolger deals a special review of those wars, from Sept. 11 to the ultimate withdrawal from the sector. Writing with hard-won adventure and unflinching honesty, Bolger makes the company case that during Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost—but we didn't need to. Intelligence was once garbled. Key determination makers have been blinded through spreadsheets or theories. And, on the root of our failure, we by no means quite understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a well timed, forceful, and compulsively readable account of those wars from a clean and authoritative point of view.
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Gradually it dawned on me that the whole fight had been over in less than a minute. ' 'Fine,' I said, as nonchalantly as I could, holstering my weapons. ' Not that I cared particularly, but it wouldn't hurt my reputation to seem more worried about someone else now that I was safe again. ' Zyvan was looking at me oddly, and for a moment I wondered what I'd done. ' 'Absolutely,' Kolbe chimed in, while I tried to mask my astonishment. All I'd done, as usual, was try to save my own neck. 'I can see your reputation for selflessness is richly merited.
For the moment, yes,' he said. 'And therefore entitled to be kept appraised of all that affects our world. Especially in the current dire circumstances. ' A pale, colourless youth in turquoise hose and a shirt trimmed with fur rose to his feet, his acne flaring with embarrassment, he caught Zyvan's eye and bowed awkwardly. 'Humbert de Truille of House de Truille. Um, I know I haven't been to many meetings and all, but, um, well, aren't there supposed to be, you know, emergency powers and stuff?
I had no trouble believing that. Captain Federer, the officer in command of our sappers, had an enthusiasm for all things explosive which bordered on the unhealthy and if there were traces of the stuff to be found he would undoubtedly be the man to uncover them.
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