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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. “Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences,” he... read more

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His soldiers weren't yet calling him the Lost Kauz behind his back, not when this began.

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This book is in 2011-2012 Iowa High School Battle of the Books. (authoritative list)

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  1. David Finkel (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780374165734
Page Count: 287

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