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by General Stanley McChrystal

travels around Afghanistan, 370–71, 372–75

  Kayani, Ashfaq, 327, 328–29, 358–59, 385

  Kearney, Frank, 10

  Keller, Brian, 99

  Kelly, Terry, 317

  Kennedy, John F., 19, 32, 284

  Kennedy, Patrick F., 101

  Kerry, John, 354

  Kershaw, Mike, 252

  Kensinger, Phil, 133

  Khalili, Karim, 334

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 234

  Khan, Jan Mohammad, 365

  Khazali, Laith, 256–59

  Khazali, Qais, 256, 257–59

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 24

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 391

  Kipling, Rudyard, 54

  Kissinger, Henry, 18–19

  Knowlton, William A., 12

  Koenig, Lyle, 199–200

  Kolath, Obediah, 184, 185

  Kolenda, Chris, 317, 330

  Komer, Bob, 355

  Korea, 34, 37, 38, 39, 47

  Koster, Samuel, 15

  Kuwait, 51–54, 71

  Lamb, Graeme, 53–54, 170, 243–46, 260, 262–64, 269, 353

  Ansar al-Sunnah and, 247, 248

  British nationality of, 262

  combat support hospital and, 260

  reconciliation program of, 244–46, 247, 259–61, 353–54

  Langmack, Steven, 182

  Lawrence, T. E., 98, 184–85, 304

  leadership, 390–94

  Lee’s Lieutenants (Freeman), 95–96

  Levin, Carl, 82, 201–2, 279

  Levinsohn, James (Jim), 390

  Libi, Abu Yahya al-, 265

  Lieberman, Joseph, 333

  Liepold, Arthur Ken (“Kenny”), 12–13, 14, 17, 359

  Lincoln, Abraham, 291

  Lodin, Azizullah, 336

  Los Angeles Times, 126, 143

  Lowery, Shawn, 4, 301, 361, 394

  Luck, Gary, 47, 54

  Lute, Doug, 352

  Lyautey, Hubert, 321

  Lyons, Kenneth, 39

  MacArthur, Douglas, 13, 301

  MacFarland, Sean, 240–41, 242, 243, 252, 255, 350

  Magana, Frank, 63

  Mahjub, Dr. (Abu Sayyif), 209–10

  Maliki, Nouri al-, 218, 234, 241, 246–47, 255, 258–59

  briefings of, 266–67

  Sadr City firefight and, 268

  Mandela, Nelson, 392

  Mangal, Gulab, 368, 369–70

  Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad al-, 176, 193–94, 196, 197

  Marine Corps:

  in Afghanistan, 322, 323, 337

  in Iraq, 129–30, 131, 135–36, 137, 141, 159, 160, 179–80, 183, 264

  Martin, David, 350–51

  Martins, Mark, 349

  Masri, Abu Ayyub al-, 203, 205, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217

  leadership style of, 235

  named head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, 235

  Zarqawi and, 203, 213

  Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 281, 334, 335

  Mattis, James, 129, 130, 131, 137, 140, 275

  Mauldin, Bill, 46

  McCain, John, 333

  McChrystal, Annie Corcoran (wife), 5, 20–22, 27, 30–31, 34, 37–39, 41, 44, 50–51, 58–59, 62, 65–68, 78, 85, 93, 94, 111, 162, 165, 182, 184, 187, 233–34, 237, 249, 278, 280, 284, 288, 293, 344, 350, 361, 383, 384, 387, 388

  in Afghanistan, 275, 276, 277

  protective security for, 344

  Stanley’s marriage to, 22, 30

  Stanley’s meeting of, 20

  Stanley’s retirement and, 390, 394

  McChrystal, Herbert Joseph (father), ix, x, 8, 9, 15, 22, 33, 62, 191, 389

  Mary’s death and, 21

  at Pentagon, 78–79

  Vietnam service of, 17–18, 21, 390

  McChrystal, Mary Gardner (mother), x, 18, 21, 391

  McChrystal, Pete (brother), 44, 191

  McChrystal, Sam (son), 5, 50, 62, 65, 68, 76, 104, 249

  birth of, 44

  McChrystal, Stanley:

  in 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry, 41–44

  as XVIII Airborne Corps chief of staff, 72–76, 79

  in 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, 38, 40, 41, 44, 47, 56

  in 82nd Airborne Division, 16, 22, 27–32, 38, 40, 47, 55–62, 70–71

  in Afghanistan in 2002, 76–78

  assumes command of Afghanistan war, 277–78, 294

  body armor eschewed by, 301

  childhood of, x, 21, 390–91

  at Directorate of Plans and Training, 39

  as Director of the Joint Staff, 279–80, 351

  first trip to Iraq, 99–107

  four-star rank of, 293

  International Security Assistance Force command assumed by, 287–88

  Iraq departure, 271–72

  on Joint Chiefs of Staff, 78–85, 93–94, 100, 280

  in Korea, 34, 37, 38, 39, 47

  London speech of, 349, 350

  marriage of, 22, 30

  at Naval War College, 50–51

  in Rangers, 45–48, 60, 62–64, 65–67

  at Ranger School, 25–27, 30

  resignation from Afghanistan command, 388

  retirement of, 389–90, 394

  Senate Armed Services Committee testimony of, 289–90

  in Special Forces, 23–24, 31, 32–34, 47

  as TF 714 commander, 82, 92–96, 98–100, 107, 109, 110, 151–52, 162, 213, 250

  TF 714 departure, 279, 283

  at West Point, 8–22, 23, 25

  McGuinness, Martin, 246

  McHale, Tim, 50

  McKiernan, Dave, 283–87, 289, 294, 310, 334

  McMaster, H. R., 240

  McNeill, Dan, 72, 73, 74, 77, 283

  McNulty, Mike, 182

  McRaven, William (Bill), 109, 110, 111, 117, 233, 278, 366–67

  Meade, George, 191

  Mehsud, Baitullah, 358

  Meree, Anne, 259–60, 263

  Meyer, Edward “Shy,” 96

  Michener, James, 297

  Miller, Austin “Scott,” 99, 102, 107, 123, 134, 153, 181, 207, 217, 218, 221, 240, 307, 385

  Modern Warfare (Trinquier), 123

  Mogadishu, 59–60, 140, 268, 271

  Mohammedi, Bismullah “BK” 335, 362

  Mohammed, Ali Abdelsoud, 48

  Mubassir, Abu, 209, 210–12, 214–21, 223, 224, 233

  Mullen, Mike, 279–80, 284, 287, 307, 311, 328, 330, 343–46, 349, 388

  Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I), 261

  Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I), 147, 173–75, 176, 179, 202, 204, 252, 254, 261

  Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), 40, 64

  Musharraf, Pervez, 328

  Mustafa, Abu, 261–64

  Myers, Richard, 188, 190

  Nabhan, Saleh Ali Saleh, 271

  Nacy, Jody, 97, 152, 181, 271–72

  Nairobi, embassy bombing in, 68–69, 71, 75, 113, 249

  Najibullah, Mohammed, 281, 297, 300, 332, 371

  National Security Agency, 154

  National Security Council (NSC), 83, 352, 356

  meeting on Zarqawi, 188–91, 193

  NATO, 278, 282, 289, 294, 296, 310, 320, 322, 352, 354, 355, 360, 383, 384

  Military Committee conference, 344

  Training Mission–Afghanistan, 347

  see also International Security Assistance Force

  Natonski, Richard (Rich), 160

  Naval War College, 50–51

  Negroponte, John, 147


  Nelson, Horatio, 148, 155, 163, 392

  Newbold, Greg, 78

  New Yorker, 69

  New York Times, 356

  Nicolson, Adam, 155

  9/11 attacks, 73–74, 75, 79, 93–94, 114, 280, 281, 300

  Nixon, Craig, 108, 132–34

  Nixon, Richard M., 18, 19

  Noriega, Manuel, 47

  North Korea, 79

  Nunn, Sam, 62

  Nur, Atta Mohammad, 306

  Obama, Barack, 292, 299, 313, 333, 349, 350, 352, 355, 356, 385, 388

  Afghanistan assessment and, 316, 333, 343, 344–45, 349, 350–51

  Afghanistan troop levels and, 284–87, 306, 333, 351, 356, 358–60, 363

  elected president, 283–84

  McChrystal’s meeting of, 288–89

  West Point speech on Afghanistan, 358–60, 363, 375

  Odierno, Ray, 10, 50, 104–5, 111, 262–63, 366–67

  Odierno, Tony, 104

  Olson, Eric, 116, 133, 278

  Omar, Abu, 209, 210

  Omar, Mullah, 74, 264, 308, 313, 314, 358, 386

  Operation Desert Storm, 52

  Operation Eagle Claw (Iranian hostage rescue mission), 23, 24, 25, 34–36, 45, 51, 60

  Operation Just Cause, 50

  Orwell, George, 87

  Owens, Kevin, 290, 317

  Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, 24

  Pakistan, 68, 69–70, 77, 79–80, 264, 280, 281, 288, 319, 326–29, 330, 350, 359

  Afghanistan’s border with, 327

  Al Qaeda in, 113, 124, 285, 292

  Federally Administered Tribal Areas in, 326, 328

  Taliban in, 281, 282, 323, 328, 357–58

  White House assessment of, 283

  Palestine, 107

  Panama, 47, 50, 60, 65

  Patterson, Anne, 327

  Patton, George, 40

  Pelosi, James, 16

  Pentagon, 78

  McChrystal’s father at, 78–79

  9/11 attack on, 73, 79

  Obama’s election and, 284

  Pentagon Papers, 352

  Pershing, John, 135

  Petraeus, David, 39–40, 70, 72, 102, 105, 238, 254, 255, 257–58, 261–62, 266–68, 343, 345, 366, 376

  congressional presentation by, 268–69

  Sadr City firefight and, 268

  Peyton, Kate, 271

  Poland, 383–84

  Porch, Douglas, 123

  Potter, Gregg, 262

  Pottinger, Matt, 297

  Powell, Colin, 62

  Predator UAVs, 137–40, 142, 157, 177

  Punimata, Nick, 60–61

  Purdy, Donny, 386

  Rahman, Amir Abdur, 327

  Ralston, Joseph, 69

  Rangers, 25, 35, 39, 44, 45, 56, 60, 93, 96, 158

  1st Battalion, 38

  2nd Battalion, 25, 60, 62–64

  3rd Battalion, 45–48, 60, 62, 99

  in Afghanistan, 74

  Creed of, 65–66

  discipline in, 47

  foot marching in, 46, 63

  in Iraq, 180, 182, 183

  McChrystal in, 45–48, 60, 62–64, 65–67

  in Operation Just Cause, 50

  planning in, 46–47

  in Ramadi, 238–40

  training in, 63–64, 67

  transformation of, 45–46

  Ranger School, 25–27, 30

  Rasmussen, Anders Fogh, 294, 360

  Reagan, Ronald, 19, 37

  reconciliation and reintegration programs, 244–46, 247, 259–61, 353–54

  Rice, Condoleezza, 110, 188, 190, 259

  Ridgway, Matthew, 9, 27–28

  Riedel, Bruce, 285

  “Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The” (Coleridge), 389

  Robert the Bruce, 390

  Rodriguez, Dave “Rod,” 10, 27, 48, 116, 266, 278, 280, 283, 287, 288, 299, 304, 313, 330, 332–34, 337, 343, 347, 354–55, 363, 364, 368, 378, 386

  Rodriguez, Ginny, 278

  Rogers, Bernard W., 31

  Rolling Stone, 379–80, 387–88, 390

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 80–81, 188, 190, 191, 212, 246

  Russia, 383

  Sacolick, Bennet, 97, 124, 152–54, 170, 192

  Sadat, Khoshal “Kosh,” 371–72, 375

  Saddam Hussein, 79–80, 82, 83, 84, 90, 94, 100, 101, 102, 105, 128, 132, 157, 248, 258

  bin Laden and, 192

  capture of, 110–12, 120, 122, 200

  sons of, 84, 101

  suspected weapons of, 80, 84

  Sadr, Baqir al-, 258

  Sadr, Mohammad Sadeq al-, 256

  Sadr, Muqtada al-, 122, 131–32, 204, 256, 267, 377

  Saleh, Amrullah, 335, 362, 372

  Sanchez, Ricardo, 101, 111–12, 136, 147

  Sattar Abu Risha, Sheikh, 241–42, 243

  Sattler, John, 158–60

  Saudi Arabia, 51–54, 68, 130, 281

  Scaparrotti, Mike, 304, 305, 332, 360

  Schwartz, Norty, 78

  Schwarzkopf, Norman, 51

  Scott, Dave, 109

  screening operations, 199–203

  at Bagram, 123–24, 347–49

  improvements made to, 201–2, 348

  and McChrystal’s Director of the Joint Staff appointment, 279

  task force screening facility, 198, 201–3, 207–8, 218, 234

  SEALs, 158, 180, 182, 183, 192–93, 255–56, 271

  Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam (Ellsberg), 352

  Sedwill, Mark, 364, 372, 381, 382, 383, 386

  Seize the Fire (Nicolson), 155

  Sekander, Kabir, 341

  Senate Armed Services Committee, 82, 260, 289–90, 360

  Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence), 98, 184–85

  Shapiro, Jeremy, 317

  Sharia Committee of Ansar al-Sunnah, 263

  Shea, Timothy M., 184

  Sherman, Matt, 377

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 287

  Shia Islam, Shias, 130

  Maliki and, 266, 267

  Sunnis and, 122, 130, 131, 198, 204–5, 252

  60 Minutes, 350–51

  Skelton, Ike, 291

  Sky, Emma, 263

  Slim, William, 182–83

  Smith, Greg, 387

  Snow, John, 188, 190

  Soldier and the State, The (Huntington), 351

  Somalia, 59–60, 249–50, 268, 270–71

  Somoza, Anastasio, 33

  Sons of Iraq, 262

  Soviet Union, 37, 48–49, 50, 264–65, 280–81, 282, 319, 327, 332, 381

  Special Forces, 32–33, 41, 96

  in Afghanistan, 74

  history of, 32

  McChrystal in, 23–24, 31, 32–34, 47

  in Vietnam, 32

  Stark, Freya, 3

  Stavridis, James (Jim), 345

  Stollsteiner, Michel, 300

  Stone, Doug, 348

  Street Without Joy (Fall), 295

  Strickland, Megan, 34

  Strickland, Nora, 34

  Strickland, Steven, 34

  Sudan, 68, 69, 75

  Sudani, Abu Taha al-, 249

  suicide bombings, 167–68, 171–73, 179, 183, 184, 186, 203, 314

  in Afghanistan, 265, 314, 341, 386

  Amman hotel, 197–98, 214

  Taliban and, 265, 314

  Suleimani, Qassem, 259

  Sunni Islam, Sunnis, 120–22, 175–77, 179, 218, 242–44, 266, 308

  Al Qaeda and, 186–87
/>   Awakening movement, 241, 243, 247, 252, 262

  insurgents, 112, 129–31, 135, 136, 144, 148, 171, 195, 225, 236, 247, 252

  Shias and, 122, 130, 131, 198, 204–5, 252

  Wahhabism, 119–20, 121, 130

  Sun Tzu, 352

  Swackhamer, Staff Sergeant, 26

  Swan, Guy, 10

  Syria, 172, 204, 252

  Tabor, Dave, 99, 100, 102

  Taliban, 68, 69, 71, 74, 77, 94, 194, 264, 276, 281–83, 308–10, 314–15, 317, 318, 322, 323, 331, 341, 343, 348, 350, 359, 365

  additional forces deployed to combat, 284–87, 289

  Al Qaeda and, 265, 281

  beginning of operations against, 74

  bin Laden and, 281

  Dadullah Lang in, 264–65, 308, 314, 320–21, 375

  debate on defeat of, 352–53

  elections and, 336

  groups within, 308–9

  Haqqanis and, 304

  in Helmand Province, 319, 320–21, 326, 363–70, 373–75

  in Kandahar, 378, 381

  Karzai and, 282, 299, 308, 314, 319, 370–71, 375, 382

  layha (rule book) of, 313–14, 386

  Marjah offensive and, 363–70

  Najibullah and, 297

  overthrow in 2001, 281–82, 299, 319

  in Pakistan, 281, 282, 323, 328, 357–58

  reintegration program and, 353–54

  rise to power, 281

  senior leadership in, 308, 309, 313–14

  suicide bombs used by, 265, 314

  and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, 355, 357

  vaccination programs and, 314

  Tampa I meeting, 116, 118

  Task Force 714 92, 108, 109, 366, 380, 392

  Al Qaeda as focus of, 175–76

  Bagram conference of, 122–24

  battle rhythm regimen of, 162–63

  country task forces of, 111n

  creation of, 36, 45, 51, 92

  entrepreneurship and free thinking valued in, 155, 164

  Green, see Green

  intelligence operations in, 156

  Iraq forces of, 158

  Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) and, 117–19, 168, 169, 170

  McChrystal’s command of, 82, 92–96, 98–100, 107, 109, 110, 151–52, 162, 213, 250

  McChrystal’s first trip to Iraq as commander of, 99–107

  McChrystal’s leaving of, 279, 283

  Multi-National Force and, 173–75, 176, 179

  National Security Agency and, 154

  network built by, 148–50, 153–56, 165, 237–38, 240–41, 242

  operations and intelligence (O&I) video teleconferences of, 162–65, 178, 213

  reinvention of, 93

  Taylor, Pete, 41

  Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, 358

  Tenet, George, 116

  Thailand, 23–24

  Thawachi, Lieutenant, 23, 24

 

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