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100 1 $aHastings, Michael,$d1980-
245 14$aThe operators :$bthe wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan /$cMichael Hastings.
260 $aNew York :$bA Plume book,$cc2012.
300 $a417 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [381]-417)
505 0 $apt. I THE PLAN -- 1.Delta Bravo -- 2.It's Not Switzerland -- 3.Lady Gaga -- 4."Intimidated by the Crowd" -- 5.Arc de Triomphe -- 6."A Violent Act" -- 7.On the X -- 8.The A-Team -- 9."Bite Me" -- 10.The Photo Op -- 11.Totally Shit-Faced -- 12."Dead Silence" -- 13.The Horror, the Horror -- 14.We're Actually Losing -- 15.Petraeus Can't Do Afghanistan, and We Aren't Going to Get Bin Laden -- 16.The Elections, Part I -- 17.Texts to Berlin -- 18.The Elections, Part II -- 19.Team America Rolls the Ritz -- 20.On Principle -- 21.Spies Like Us -- 22."I'm President. I Don't Give a Shit What They Say" -- 23.The Strategy -- 24."Let Me Be Clear" -- 25.Worshipping the Gods of Beer -- 26.Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part I, 1954--1976 -- 27."The Jerk in Green" -- 28.Who Is Stanley McChrystal? Part II, 1976--Present Day -- 29.Reality Checks In -- pt. II INTERLUDE: DUBAI -- pt. III AFGHANISTAN -- 30.A Short History of a Horrible Idea -- 31.Bad Romance --
505 0 $a32.President Karzai Has a Cold -- 33.An E-mail Exchange: Come Walk in Our Boots -- 34.A Boy Born in 1987 -- 35.Where Is Israel Arroyo? -- 36.Ingram's House -- 37.An Army of None -- 38.In the Arena -- 39."I Didn't Even Know We Were Fighting There" -- 40.The Concluding Converations with Duncan Boothby, General Petraeus Face-Plants in Congress, and the Story Breaks While I Watch American Helicopter Pilots Kill Insurgents -- pt. IV THE GRACEFUL EXIT -- 41."Very, Very Bad" -- 42.The Pentagon Investigates McChrystal -- 43.The Media-Military-Industrial Complex -- 44.I'd Rather Be Eating a Burger -- 45.Once Upon a Time in Kandahar -- 46.King David's War -- 47."Tourism, Not Terrorism" -- 48.Petraeus Does Body Counts -- 49.The New Afghanistan -- 50.Joe Biden Is Right.
520 $aThe contributing editor of "Rolling Stone" whose uncensored article "The Runaway General" led to the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal provides a behind-the-scenes account of the United States' involvement in Afghanistan.
650 0$aAfghan War, 2001-$zUnited States.
650 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
651 0$aUnited States$xArmed Forces$zAfghanistan$xHistory.
651 0$aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y21st century.