Thayer, Sylvanus, 12
Thompson, C. W., 99
Tillman, Patrick (Pat), 132, 279, 289
Time, 32
Townsend, Frances (Fran), 188
Trafalgar, Battle of, 148
Trinquier, Roger, 123
Two Viet-Nams, The (Fall), 18
UH-60 Black Hawk, 3, 6
United Nations (U.N.), 107–8, 120, 131, 314, 355
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 137–40, 142, 145
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) 53, 71, 83, 94, 95, 158, 159, 175, 202, 208, 212, 219, 254, 366
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 83, 94, 157
Valentine, Rudy, 290, 293
Van Cleave, John, 152
Vieira de Mello, Sergio, 107
Vietnam: A History (Karnow), 351
Vietnam War, 17–19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 37, 38, 45, 48, 355
Afghanistan War compared with, 351, 356
end of, 19
McChrystal’s father in, 17–18, 21, 390
My Lai Massacre in, 12, 15, 18, 28
Special Forces in, 32
West Point and, 12, 15
Vines, John, 45, 48, 70–71, 183
Vollmer, Joerg, 305
Voltaire, 1
Wahhabism, 119–20, 121, 130
Wail, Abu, 261, 263–64
Wardak, Abdul Rahim, 276–77, 329–30, 335, 360, 362, 372, 386
Warner, John, 82
Washington, George, 391
Washington Post, 306, 344
Welch, Casey, 4, 394
Wesa, Tooryalai, 381–82
Westmoreland, William, 351
West Point:
cheating scandal at, 15–16
code of honor at, 15–16
McChrystal at, 8–22, 23, 25
Vietnam War and, 12, 15
Williams, Richard, 150
Winters, Ed, 192–93
Wolfe, Ken, 64
Woodward, Bob, 306, 344
Yousef, Ramzi, 68, 69–70
Zahir, Haji Abdul, 374
Zahir Shah, Mohammed, 280
Zakir, Qayyum, 375
Zar, Abu (Mohammad Rahib), 194–95, 198–99, 201, 203–6
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 84, 89–92, 107–8, 112, 115, 119–22, 128, 129, 136, 138, 141, 144–45, 147, 156, 159–61, 167, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 183, 196, 205, 213, 214, 222, 225–32, 247, 250, 266, 271, 277, 309, 314, 380, 391, 392
Abd al-Rahman and, 216, 217, 220, 221, 226, 227–31
al-Masri and, 203, 213
Al Qaeda and, 152, 161, 166
Amman bombings and, 197–98
Ansar al-Sunnah and, 247–48
background of, 193–94
Berg’s death and, 135
Bin Laden and, 120–21, 152, 161, 166, 209, 236
death of, 231–36, 265
elections and, 176–77
intercepted truck and, 146–47, 202–3
leadership of, 171, 235
legacy of, 236
Maqdisi and, 176, 193–94, 196, 197
National Security Council meeting on, 188–91, 193
networks of, 147–49, 156–58, 190, 194
propaganda film on, 213–14
speeches of, 170–71, 176, 197, 198, 235–36
Zawahiri and, 120–21, 152, 161, 196–97, 236
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 49, 75, 265
Zarqawi and, 120–21, 152, 161, 196–97, 236
Zavodsky, Dennis, 304
Zazai, Sher Mohammad, 364, 370
Photo Credits
1: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
2: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
3: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
4: U.S. Air Force
5: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
6: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
7: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
8: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
9: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
10: U.K. Ministry of Defence / Paul A’Barrow
11: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
12: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I)
13: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I)
14: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
15: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
16: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
17: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
18: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
19: ISAF Public Affairs
20: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
21: ISAF Public Affairs / David E. Alvarado
22: U.S. Department of Defense / Mark O’Donald
23: U.S. Embassy Kabul
24: ISAF Public Affairs / Chris Haylett
25: U.S. Department of Defense / Jerry Morrison
26: Courtesy of Stanley McCrystal
27: Courtesy of Stanley McChrystal
28: ISAF Public Affairs / David E. Alvarado
29: U.S. Department of Defense / Mark O’Donald
30: U.S. Army / Brandon Pomrenke
31: ISAF Public Affairs / Joshua Treadwell
32: U.S. Department of Defense / D. Myles Cullen
33: ISAF Public Affairs / David E. Alvarado
*Gabe is a pseudonym. Throughout this section, for purposes of anonymity, some individuals are identified by their initials, partial names, or pseudonyms.
*The subordinate task forces that composed Task Force 714 also went by numerical designations. Those numbers changed continually over the years, but for the sake of simplicity I will use one number for each component task force throughout these chapters, even where it is anachronistic. For example, Task Force 16 operated in Iraq, Task Force 328 in Afghanistan, and separate task forces in other locations. Additional task forces were organized over time as our TF 714 mission expanded.
*Steve is a pseudonym.
*“ISR” was the family of assets—including remotely controlled unmanned vehicles, as well as piloted, manned planes—that collected intelligence. Technically, spies were also an ISR tool, but in this war ISR typically referred to manned and unmanned aerial surveillance platforms.
*Trevor is a pseudonym.
* Allan is a pseudonym.
*All detainee names are pseudonyms.
*Paul, Amy, and Jack are pseudonyms.
*“TTPs” stands for tactics, techniques, and procedures.
*Jason is a pseudonym.
*Luke is a pseudonym.
*Ethan is a pseudonym.
*Sara is a pseudonym.
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