Warrior Diplomat
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-64012-574-2 (ISBN)
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 policymakers in Washington, DC 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 highlights the policy issues that plagued the war effort, from the drug trade to civilian casualties, to a lack of resources in comparison to Iraq, to the overall coalition strategy. He points out that stabilizing Afghanistan and the region remains crucial to national security and that a long-term commitment to Afghanistan is imperative if the United States is to remain secure.
Michael G. Waltz represents North Central Florida in Congress and is a colonel in the National Guard, a combat-decorated Green Beret, and a former White House and Pentagon policy advisor. He served more than twenty-six years in the U.S. Army and as a member of Congress was heavily involved with assisting Americans and Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Peter Bergen is the author of four books about Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, including, most recently, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad.
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Foreword by Peter Bergen
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: A Little Girl in Ghazni
1. State of the War: Office of the Secretary of Defense
2. Arabs, Afghans, and Americans: The War of Ideas
3. The Tagab Valley: Patrolling to Ambush
4. The Clinic in Achin: Development Dilemmas
5. The Road to Musa Qala: The Taliban Are Back
6. The French in Maruf: A Pawn in a Diplomatic Game
7. Operation Perth: War by Consensus
8. Back to Washington: The Pentagon and the White House
9. The Mangal Tribe: Protecting People We Can’t Access
10. The Elder in Khost: Risk Aversion and the Cost of Inaction
11. Night Raid: The Catch-and-Release Detention System
12. Blackbeard Rising: The Afghan National Army Commandos
13. On the Border with Pakistan: The Rocket’s Red Glare
14. The Tribes of Chamkani: The Community Defense Initiative
15. Washington Again: Wishing the Problem Away
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Peter Bergen |
| Zusatzinfo | 31 photographs, 17 maps, index |
| Verlagsort | Dulles |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64012-574-4 / 1640125744 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64012-574-2 / 9781640125742 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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