TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chandrasekaran,Rajiv
TI  - Little America: the war within the war for Afghanistan 
SN  - 9780307957146
AV  - DS371.412 .C48 2012
U1  - 958.104/71 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2009-
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Strategic aspects
N1  - "A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Grand Dreams. An enchanting time ; Stop the slide ; Marineistan ; The wrong man ; The road to ruins ; The surge -- Shattered Plans. Bleeding ulcer ; Search and destroy ; Deadwood ; Burn rate ; Allies at war ; Odd man out ; A bridge too far -- Triage. The boss of the border ; A fresh can of whoop-ass ; There was no escaping him ; My heart is broken ; What we have is folly
N2  - In this book, the author focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obama's surge. This is the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch., and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the President and a military that, once on the ground, increasingly went its own way
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012010354-s.html
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