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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
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