{"product_id":"fighting-the-forever-war-9781476688893","title":"Fighting the Forever War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   During two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. service members confronted numerous challenges in their mission to secure the country from the threat of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and assist in rebuilding efforts. Because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan occurred simultaneously, much of the American public conflated them or failed to notice the Afghanistan War; and most of the war''s archival material remains classified and closed to civilian researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Drawing on interviews and letters home, this book relates the Afghanistan War through the experiences of American troops, with firsthand accounts of both combat and humanitarian operations, the environment, living conditions and interactions with the locals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. First Impressions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Living Spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Getting to Know the Locals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Patrols and Combat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Air War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Embedded Trainers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Working with the Afghans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Surge and ­Draw-Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Meaning and Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040508019031,"sku":"9781476688893","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688893.jpg?v=1750946967","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fighting-the-forever-war-9781476688893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}