The endgame
Subtitle: the inside story of the struggle from Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
By: Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor
Contributors: Trainor, Bernard E., 1928-2018, author
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843547822
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Politics and government; Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations
Notes: Originally published: New York: Pantheon, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Iraqi freedom : the occupation and its discontents, 2003-2006. Desert crossing ; Politics of the gun ; "Sovereignty with limits" ; Vigilant resolve ; A lost cause? ; Our man in Baghdad ; New dawn ; The long telegram ; Papa Jaafari ; The Red Team ; The year of living dangerously ; Together forward ; The perfect storm ; Out west; title: Double down : the Surge and its aftermath, 2006-2008. Some friendly advice ; Back to the drawing board ; League of the Righteous ; Petraeus takes command ; The enemy within ; The former-insurgent counterinsurgent ; Phantom thunder ; The USS CENTCOM ; General Petraeus goes to Washington ; No "Plan B" ; Charge of the knights ; March madness ; Strange justice; title: New dawn : Obama, Maliki, and beyond, 2008-2012. Let's make a deal ; The home stretch ; Change at the top ; The odd couple ; Trouble up north ; Crises of confidence ; Team of rivals ; The numbers game ; Mission accomplished.