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Taliban Safari: One Day In The Surkhagan Valley
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- ISBN
- 9780700627844
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Taliban Safari : One Day in the Surkhagan Valley
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- Leadership, Military / Special Forces, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Military / United States, Military
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 190 Pages
About this product
Product Information
In the tradition of David Halberstam's Vietnam War classic One Very Hot Day, Major Paul Darling takes you along on a perilous mission in treacherous Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700627847
ISBN-13
9780700627844
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038425191
Product Key Features
Book Title
Taliban Safari : One Day in the Surkhagan Valley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Leadership, Military / Special Forces, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Military / United States, Military
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
190 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds371.413.D37 2019
Reviews
What is it really like to fight on the ground in Afghanistan? In the tradition of David Halberstam's Vietnam War classic One Very Hot Day , Major Paul Darling takes you along on a perilous mission in treacherous Zabul Province. He's been there. He knows. When you read Taliban Safari , you'll know too.-- Daniel P. Bolger , US Army lieutenant general, retired, veteran of Afghanistan and author of Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided and Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars I led a platoon in combat in a different war, in a different country. Yet I know this voice. It rings familiar and true. Major Darling appreciates the complexity of his situation but writes straightforwardly about it. He strikes a fine balance between an officer engaged in a mission, focused on the task at hand, and one reflecting on the experience. Taliban Safari tells us what it was like to be there coordinating a motley collection of soldiers and police as well as the moral calculus of the leader on the ground.-- Alex Vernon , author of Soldiers Once and Still: Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien and coauthor of The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War A gripping account of modern close combat in an ancient, far-off land. Paul Darling provides a gritty, close-up, and personal account of a day in the life of an infantry adviser to Afghan forces as they hunt and finally corner their Taliban foe. Provides the personal reality of modern counterinsurgency better than any other book out there.-- Lester W. Grau , author of Operation Anaconda: America's First Major Battle in Afghanistan and The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War, " Taliban Safari is an exemplar of how military memoirs should be: it's useful to both the layman and the veteran, and its broader analyses don't bog down a well-written narrative. Although this particular war has been lot, Darling's timeless observations on war ensure that Taliban Safari should be on everyone's bookshelves."-- H-Net Reviews "A valuable addition to the literature for it forces readers to come face-to-face with combat and to appreciate the real-time thought processes of those who engage in it."-- Army History "A powerful book that brings to life the gut-wrenching pressure of command and leading soldiers in combat. It should be used in the education of staff officers."-- Army, "A powerful book that brings to life the gut-wrenching pressure of command and leading soldiers in combat. It should be used in the education of staff officers."-- Army, "A valuable addition to the literature for it forces readers to come face-to-face with combat and to appreciate the real-time thought processes of those who engage in it."-- Army History "A powerful book that brings to life the gut-wrenching pressure of command and leading soldiers in combat. It should be used in the education of staff officers."-- Army, "A powerful book that brings to life the gut-wrenching pressure of command and leading soldiers in combat. It should be used in the education of staff officers."Army, "What is it really like to fight on the ground in Afghanistan? In the tradition of David Halberstam's Vietnam War classic One Very Hot Day , Major Paul Darling takes you along on a perilous mission in treacherous Zabul Province. He's been there. He knows. When you read Taliban Safari , you'll know too."-- Daniel P. Bolger , US Army lieutenant general, retired, veteran of Afghanistan and author of Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided and Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars "I led a platoon in combat in a different war, in a different country. Yet I know this voice. It rings familiar and true. Major Darling appreciates the complexity of his situation but writes straightforwardly about it. He strikes a fine balance between an officer engaged in a mission, focused on the task at hand, and one reflecting on the experience. Taliban Safari tells us what it was like to be there coordinating a motley collection of soldiers and police as well as the moral calculus of the leader on the ground."-- Alex Vernon , author of Soldiers Once and Still: Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien and coauthor of The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War "A gripping account of modern close combat in an ancient, far-off land. Paul Darling provides a gritty, close-up, and personal account of a day in the life of an infantry adviser to Afghan forces as they hunt and finally corner their Taliban foe. Provides the personal reality of modern counterinsurgency better than any other book out there."-- Lester W. Grau , author of Operation Anaconda: America's First Major Battle in Afghanistan and The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
Table of Content
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgments Map of the Surkhagan Valley 1. Start Point 2. Line of Departure 3. Movement to Contact 4. Dismounted Patrol 5. Charge! 6. High Noon 7. Surkhagan Rules 8. 9-Line 9. Crossing the River 10. Miles to Go . . . 11. The Final Mission A photo gallery follows page 90
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2018-058241
Dewey Decimal
958.104742
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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