The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan - Hardcover

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Takes a look the war that has dominated America's military attention the nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks and offers a plan for withdrawing troops.

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"Bing West is many things--a battle-wise veteran, a skeptical journalist, and above all a brilliant chronicler of America's post-9/11 wars. His latest book provides a gripping account of the tactical realities in Afghanistan, but, no less important, it offers strategic counsel at a time when the Obama administration--and the country--needs it badly."--Eliot Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
"If there is an answer for Afghanistan, it will come from only one place--the dirt. No correspondent has spent as much time on this ground as former Marine colonel Bing West, and no one has brought to it as much real-world, infantry-command experience. "The Wrong War "should be read (and studied) in the Pentagon and in the Oval Office. This is not think-tank theorizing, it's the real shit from a career warrior and first-rate military thinker. "Th

"Should be read by anyone who wants to understand why the war [in Afghanistan] is so hard."--Dexter Filkins, "The New York Times Book Review"

"One of the best books yet written on the war in Afghanistan . . . filled with both vivid descriptions of the Afghan fighting and sound advice concerning how counterinsurgencies should be waged."--"The Wall Street Journal"

"Should be must reading for President Obama--and for you. . . . Most of us really don't give Afghanistan much thought. . . . Most of us don't get it. If you read "The Wrong War" you will."--"USA Today"
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"As always, West's greatest strengths are his exceptional personal courage and his experienced perception of combat. He anchors a narrative of failed policy in a set of battlefield stories that explains events with unusual clarity.""--The Washington Post"
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"West offers vivid accounts of the war from ground level and an unsparing analysis of the chances for U.S. success.""--Los Angeles Times"

"Should be read by anyone who wants to understand why the war [in Afghanistan] is so hard."--Dexter Filkins, The New York Times Book Review

"One of the best books yet written on the war in Afghanistan . . . filled with both vivid descriptions of the Afghan fighting and sound advice concerning how counterinsurgencies should be waged."--The Wall Street Journal

"Should be must reading for President Obama--and for you. . . . Most of us really don't give Afghanistan much thought. . . . Most of us don't get it. If you read The Wrong War you will."--USA Today

"As always, West's greatest strengths are his exceptional personal courage and his experienced perception of combat. He anchors a narrative of failed policy in a set of battlefield stories that explains events with unusual clarity."--The Washington Post

"West offers vivid accounts of the war from ground level and an unsparing analysis of the chances for U.S. success."--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:
Bing West, a Marine combat veteran, served as assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. A contributor to National Review, he is the author of The Village, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah, and The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq. The Village, a classic about counterinsurgency, has been on the Marine Corps Commandant’s Reading List for forty years. West’s books on Iraq have won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for nonfiction, the Colby Award for military nonfiction, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award for journalism. His articles appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He and his wife, Betsy, live in Newport, Rhode Island.

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  • PublisherRandom House Inc
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 1400068738
  • ISBN 13 9781400068739
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages307
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