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Morgan, Wesley.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Pech River Valley.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Korangal Valley.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)
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Morgan, Wesley.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Pech River Valley.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Korangal Valley.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Kunar (Province)
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The
hardest
place
: the
American
military
adrift
in
Afghanistan
's
Pech
Valley
/ Wesley Morgan.
by
Morgan, Wesley.
Random House, 2021.
Call #:
958.104742 M849h
Subjects
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns --
Afghanistan
--
Pech
River
Valley
.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns --
Afghanistan
-- Korangal
Valley
.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns --
Afghanistan
-- Kunar (Province)
ISBN:
9780812995060 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxvi, 644 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-620) and index.
Contents:
Recurring characters -- Prologue: 2010 -- Part I: Into the mountains, 2002-2003 -- Part II: The
Pech
bubble, 2006-2010 -- Part III: The long goodbye, 2010-2013 -- Part IV: The new counterterrorism, 2011-2017 -- Epilogue: 2018-2020.
Summary:
"When we think of the war in
Afghanistan
, chances are we're thinking of a small, remote corner of the country where
American
military
action has been concentrated: the
Pech
and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. The rugged, steep terrain and thick forests made the region a natural hiding spot for targets in the
American
war on terror, from Osama bin Laden to the Islamic State, and it has been the site of constant U.
S
.
military
activity for nearly two decades. Even as the U.
S
. presence in
Afghanistan
transitions to a drone war, the
Pech
has remained at the center of it, a testbed for a new method of remote warfare. Wesley Morgan, who grew up with the war, observing it closely, first visited the
Pech
in 2010, while he was still a college student embedding with
military
units as a freelancer. By then, the
Pech
and its infamous tributary the Korengal had become emblematic of the war, but Morgan found that few of the troops fighting there could explain how or when their remote outposts had been built. In The
Hardest
Place
, he unravels the history those troops didn't know, captures the culture and reality of the war through both
American
and Afghan eyes, and reports on the snowballing
American
missteps that made each unit'
s
job harder than the last as storied outfits like Marines, paratroopers, Rangers, Green Berets, and SEALs all took their turn... As the war drags on through its third presidential administration, Morgan concludes that we've created a status quo that could last forever in the
Pech
, always in search of the next target"--Publisher.
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