Boots on the ground
Subtitle: the fight to liberate Afghanistan from al-Qaeda and the Taliban, 2001-2002
By: Dick Camp
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780760341117
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Special Forces; Commando operations; Campaigns; Afghan War, 2001-; History
Description: Boots on the Ground is a narrative account of the American war to free Afghanistan from al Qaeda and the Taliban. Author Dick Camp uses extensive firsthand accounts that bring the text alive. Camp's exciting narrative covers the origins of American combat involvement in the country as well as the post-9/11 campaigns that initially brought victory over al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. In an incisive epilogue, he describes how we let victory in Afghanistan slip away to fight a war in Iraq.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: What an unlucky country; title: The bear came over the mountain; title: Brutal hearted mountain tribes; title: State within a state; title: Commander of the faithful (Amir-ul Momineen); title: Warriors of God; title: Al-Qaeda, the base; title: The big wedding (al Ourush al-Kabir); title: Boots on the ground, northern Afghanistan; title: First in; title: Task Force Dagger; title: Operational detachment Alpha 555, Tiger 01; title: Operational detachment Alpha 595, Tiger 02; title: Operational detachment Alpha 534, Tiger 04; title: Operational detachment Alpha 585, Tiger 03; title: Operational detachment Alpha 553, Tiger 07; title: Operational detachment Alpha 586, Texas 11; title: Uprising in the house of war; title: Operations command and control Element 85, Shark 85; title: Tora Bora; title: Operational detachment Delta, Delta Force; title: Operational detachment Alpha 554, Texas 08; title: Boots on the ground, southern Afghanistan; title: Operational detachment Alpha 574, Texas 12; title: Operations command and control Element 52, Rambo 52; title: Operational detachment Alpha 583, Texas 17; title: Rangers lead the way; title: The Marines have landed; title: Spiritual home; title: Epilogue: Takur Ghar.