Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War

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&“POWERFUL, IMPORTANT, AND SEARING.&” —GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS, U.S. Army (ret.), former commander, U.S. Central Command, former CIA directorThe Wall Street Journal&’s national security reporter takes readers into the lives of the US Special Forces on the front lines against the Taliban and Islamic State, where a new and covert war is keeping Afghanistan from collapse.In 2015, the White House claimed triumphantly that &“the longest war in American history&” was over. But for some, it was just the beginning of a new war, fought by Special Operations Forces, with limited resources, little governmental oversight, and contradictory orders. With big picture insight and on-the-ground grit, Jessica Donati shares the stories of the impossible choices these soldiers must make. After the fall of a major city to the Taliban that year, Hutch, a battle-worn Green Beret on his fifth combat tour was ordered on a secret mission to recapture it and inadvertently called in an airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital, killing dozens. Caleb stepped on a bomb during a mission in notorious Sangin. Andy was trapped with his team during a raid with a crashed Black Hawk and no air support. Through successive policy directives under the Obama and Trump administrations, America has come to rely almost entirely on US Special Forces, and without a long-term plan, is failing to stabilize Afghanistan, undermining US interests both at home and abroad. Eagle Down is a riveting account of the heroism, sacrifice, and tragedy experienced by those that continue to fight America&’s longest war.
Copyright:
2021

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781541762572
Related ISBNs:
9781541762558
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
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Copyrighted By:
Jessica Donati
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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