The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one o
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English Year 2010
Table of contents :
A most dangerous mission --
The quiet professionals --
To war --
The soldier and the statesman --
The Taliban patrol --
The battle of Tarin Kowt --
Credibility --
Madness --
Death on the horizon --
The ruins --
The thirteenth sortie --
Futility --
Rescue at Shawali Kowt --
Worth dying for.