David Petraeus: a biography

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With the war in Iraq going poorly, General David Petraeus supervised the writing of a new counterinsurgency doctrine, which he put into practice in the "surge" that changed the course of the conflict. The duty of a leader, Petraeus proclaims, is to "get the big ideas right." How successful has he been at achieving this aim during his lengthy service in the U.S. Army?

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Title Statements

Full title :David Petraeus : a biography / Bradley T. Gericke.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Greenwood
Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 203 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780313383786, 0313383782
oclc:ocn693776822
LC Classification:E897.4.P48
Dewey Decimal:355.0092

Boyhood in New York -- The first crucible : West Point -- Junior officer years in the army -- Expanding horizons -- Back to USMA -- Field grade years -- Battalion command in the Rakkasans -- Operations in Haiti -- Brigade command at Fort Bragg -- An injury and deployment to the Balkans -- Commanding General of the Screaming Eagles : Leading the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq -- North to Mosul with the 101st -- The war in Northern Iraq and beyond -- Training Iraqi security forces -- Changing army doctrine for a new war in Iraq -- MNF-I : starting the surge -- Turning the tide in Iraq -- Gathering momentum : beyond the surge -- The U.S. endgame in Iraq -- A new war in Afghanistan -- What place in history?

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Biographies États-Unis., Army Generals Generals -- Biography -- United States Généraux -- Biographies -- États-Unis Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 -- Biographies Iraq Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Biography Petraeus, David Howell United States United States., Army