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Ghost riders of Baghdad soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge
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Title
Ghost riders of Baghdad [electronic resource] : soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge / Daniel A. Sjursen.
ISBN
1611688272
9781611688276
9781611687811 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 History.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Middle Eastern Studies.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 12, 2015
Contents
Preface: "No shit, there we were": Salman Pak backstory
Enter the "ghost riders": 2nd Platoon, B/3-61 CAV
Citizenship and sacrifice: reflections on military service
Life as a countdown: drinking, training, and otherwise getting by
Doing more with less
"These dudes are trying to kill us"
Indispensable friends: Mark and the interpreters
Breaking point: fear, loss, and defeat
Sunni versus Shia: the anatomy of sectarian civil war
Ushering in the "surge": farewell Mada'in, hello Baghdad
Troop shortage, troop surge: good people, bad advice
A night to remember
Shouting at Lindsay Graham
Staggering to the finish line: aftermath in a shattered platoon
Disappointing paths: Iraq, seven years on
War in the rearview: on life after Iraq
Coda the power of memory.
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