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by Gezari, Vanessa M.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 248n

  Loyd and, 58–64, 261n

  in Zabul, 60–64

  Qala Khan, Hajji, 204–5

  Salam and, 205, 207–8, 210, 213, 321n–22n

  Qalat, 60, 62

  Ramirez, Mequilita, 102

  Ramrod, Forward Operating Base, 93, 132, 172, 221, 272n, 325n–26n

  physical appearance of, 69–70, 262n

  RAND Corporation, 116–17

  rapport, 121, 287n–88n

  Rath, Joshua L., 298n

  Rathje, Mike, 56–57

  Republicans, 285n

  Research Triangle Institute International, 66–67

  Reuters, 323n–24n

  Rich, Michael:

  Ayala’s sentencing and, 156–59

  military career of, 157, 301n–2n

  and Salam, 157–59

  Riefenstahl, Leni, 112

  Rohde, David, 320

  Route Irish, 152

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 35, 249n

  Sabari, 162

  Sadoo Khan, Hajji, 203–5

  on bandits in Maiwand, 209, 323n

  on independent Afghans vs. slaves, 210

  Salam and, 203–4, 208, 213, 322n–23n

  and story of stolen tractor, 208

  on women, 209, 322n–23n

  Sagarin, Rafe, 51, 257n

  Said, Edward, 119

  St. Thomas, 51, 54, 129, 256n

  Salam, Abdul, 13–16, 199–208, 210–23, 319n–26n

  alleged mental illness of, 22, 211–15, 217–19, 222, 324n

  arson in history of, 218–19

  attempted escape of, 208

  and Ayala, 146, 154–55, 157–59

  brother of, 204, 210, 212–13, 215, 218–23

  capture of, 19–22, 211–12, 236n–37n, 301n, 321n

  childhood of, 204, 218

  Ehsan on, 217–18

  emotions of, 213, 215

  employment of, 14–15, 204, 207, 215, 218–20, 324n

  father of, 204–5, 207–8, 212–13, 218–20, 321n

  Loyd attacked by, 16, 204–6, 211–13, 217–19, 321n–22n, 326n

  Qala Khan and, 205, 207–8, 210, 213, 321n–22n

  release of body of, 215–16, 323n

  Sadoo Khan and, 203–4, 208, 213, 322n–23n

  shooting of, 22, 127–28, 131–39, 144–47, 153–60, 206, 208, 210, 212, 215–16, 219–20, 237n, 292n–94n, 301n, 321n, 324n–25n

  story of stolen tractor of, 204, 208, 215, 219–20

  as symbol, 223

  Taliban and, 204–5, 207–8, 214–15, 217–19, 222, 321n, 324n

  Salang Tunnel, 80, 265n–66n

  San Antonio, Tex., 48, 50, 130

  Santwier, Andi, 78, 80, 139, 225

  Ayala’s sentencing and, 153–54, 160

  Sanusi of Cyrenaica, The (Evans-Pritchard), 113

  Sapone, Sean, 115–17

  Scales, Robert H., 28

  Schweitzer, Martin “Marty,” 45–46, 194, 254n–55n

  September 11th, 24–25, 30, 39, 43, 55, 71, 78–79, 144, 151, 175, 179, 241n

  Settlement 1, 180–86

  Sewall, Sarah, 42

  Sherzai, Abdul Razik, 216–17

  Sherzai, Gul Agha, 86, 216, 271n

  Shiites, Shia, 31, 180, 243n–44n

  Shinseki, Eric, 34–35, 246n

  Singesar, 85, 270n–71n

  Skotnicki, Justin, 19, 21, 127, 212, 236n, 237n

  Slaikeu, Karl, 169–70, 307n

  Sluka, Jeffrey A., 284n

  Smith, Don, 38, 41, 44, 250n, 252n, 254n

  Solomon, Wendy, 259n

  Sosh, 32, 244n

  Soviet-Afghan War, 7, 31, 44, 61, 79, 210, 263n, 311n

  Grau and, 25, 238n

  Gusinov and, 89–91

  Mujaheddin and, 24–25, 85, 90, 171–72

  Soviet Union, 60, 79

  fall of, 23, 38, 238n

  Foreign Military Studies Office and, 25, 238n

  and Gusinov’s move to U.S., 89–90

  Soyka, Michael, 262n

  Special Operations Research Office (SORO), 123

  Spen (HTS analyst), 172–73, 307n–8n

  State Department, U.S., 66, 120, 145, 198, 226, 243n, 245n, 248n

  Karzai’s bodyguard detail and, 78, 152, 266n

  Project Camelot and, 123, 290n–91n

  PRTs and, 58, 60, 64

  Status of Forces Agreement, 173

  structural functionalism, 114

  Sturgis, Milan, 303n

  Sudan, 113

  Sunrise, 147–49

  Supreme Court, U.S., 143, 298n

  Suveges, Nicole, 162, 167–68

  Tactical Ground Reporting System (TIGR), 243n, 253n

  Tajiks, 78–79, 170, 276n

  Taliban, 237n, 273n–76n

  Afghanistan and, 7, 9, 26, 59, 73–74, 76, 78–79, 83, 85–86, 88, 91, 93–96, 99, 134–37, 172, 174–75, 177, 179, 188, 190, 199–210, 213–14, 216–18, 222, 224, 261n, 263n–64n, 295n, 311n, 319n–21n, 323n–25n

  Arman and, 61–62

  assassination campaigns of, 203, 320n

  Cooper and, 73–76, 263n–64n

  fall of, 55, 73, 78–79, 86, 175

  HTS and, 83, 94

  Jack Bauer and, 12–13, 234n

  Karzai and, 78–79, 95, 202

  Loyd’s death and, 155, 199–200, 204, 206, 213–14, 216–17, 319n, 323n–25n

  Maiwand, 14, 85–86, 88, 91, 93–96, 99, 201, 214, 235n, 270n–71n

  night letters and, 179, 311n

  origins of, 85, 270n

  Pakistan and, 61, 79, 86, 202–3, 210

  reintegration of, 174, 202, 320n

  Salam and, 204–5, 207–8, 214–15, 217–19, 222, 321n, 324n

  in Zabul, 62–63

  Teamey, Kyle, 253n

  Team Spirit, 33

  technology, 23–27, 39

  cultural intelligence and, 24–25, 29, 238n–39n

  Grau and, 25, 38, 239n

  Iraq and, 26–27, 35, 239n, 248n

  and U.S. war in Afghanistan, 26, 249n, 277n

  terrorists, terrorism, 3, 45, 66, 110, 118, 155, 164, 233n

  Ayala’s sentencing and, 157–58

  IRA and, 112–13

  on September 11th, 24–25, 30, 39, 43, 55, 71, 78–79, 144, 151, 175, 179, 241n

  targeting of, 10, 176, 252n–53n, 310n

  Thailand, 124–25

  Toledo, Lucy, 264n

  Tom Cruise, 11, 22, 211, 237n

  Tracy (HTS social scientist), 45–46, 255n

  Trader Vic’s, 103

  tribes, tribal systems, 34, 56, 81, 94–97, 116, 124, 137, 216

  cultural intelligence and, 3, 10, 29–31, 242n–43n, 249n, 277n

  HTS and, 45–46, 88–89, 91

  Karzai and, 78–79

  in Maiwand, 88–89, 91, 94–96, 99

  and need for cooperation between military and civilian workers, 65–66, 261n

  and U.S. war in Afghanistan, 26, 86

  Truman, Harry, 245n

  Twilight of the Idols (Nietzsche), 110

  Umar, Mohammad (Salam’s father), 204–5, 207–8, 212–13, 218–20, 321n

  on Ayala, 219–20

  on son’s history of arson, 218–19

  on story of stolen tractor, 219–20

  United Nations, 7, 26, 113

  Afghanistan and, 63–65, 134, 295n, 313n

  United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 169, 248n, 296n

  and Loyd, 56, 60, 161, 261n

  and PRTs, 58, 60, 64

  U.S. Army Field Manual 2–0, 314n

  U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, 42–44, 252n–53n

  United States Sentencing Commission, 300n

  Urgent Fury, Operation, 33, 151

  use-of-force continuum, 138

  Vietnam, Vietnam War, 2, 23–25, 41, 58, 122, 133, 157, 192, 248n, 290n–91n, 294n

  ethnography and, 30–31

  Fondacaro and, 32–34, 244n

  France and, 34, 245n
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  Phoenix Program and, 191, 314n

  villages, villagers, 65, 74, 109, 124, 175, 79, 182, 202, 237n, 263n, 271n, 276n–78n

  in Bali, 120–21

  cultural intelligence and, 3, 195, 277n

  HTS and, 81, 92–96

  Loyd’s military career and, 56, 259n

  Maiwand and, 95–96, 98–99, 215–16, 235n

  Salam and, 206, 215–16, 319n–20n

  Zabul and, 61–63

  violence, 205, 214

  combat-stress related injuries and, 146–47, 155

  HTS Khost mission and, 46, 255n

  Kabul and, 64, 240n, 270n

  Kandahar and, 55, 86, 207–10

  Salam and, 154–56, 223

  see also bombs, bombers, bombing

  Voelkel, Trevor, 262n, 297n–98n

  Votel, Joseph, 35–36, 44, 246n

  Walker, Steve, 258n, 260n

  Ward, Patty (Loyd’s mother):

  and attack on daughter, 129–30

  Ayala’s sentencing and, 156–57, 160

  and daughter’s childhood and adolescence, 48–51, 54

  daughter’s death and, 141, 156–57

  daughter’s education and, 48, 53, 256n, 261n

  daughter’s legacy and, 226

  daughter’s medical treatment and, 140, 146

  daughter’s military career and, 258n, 260n

  letter in support of Ayala by, 145–46

  and shooting of Salam, 132, 146, 301n

  Warren, Mike, 97, 267n

  and Ayala’s arrest and imprisonment, 138, 294n

  HTS and, 82, 89, 92, 278n, 320n

  Salam and, 153, 217, 294n, 320n

  Washington, D.C., 55, 64, 116–17, 139, 163, 179, 274n

  Wellesley College, 1, 7, 52–53, 56, 99, 226, 258n

  Westerberg, Cecil (Barney West), 103–5, 279n

  Weston Resolve, 163–65

  West Point, 31–32, 45, 244n–45n, 273n

  Wiker, Gretchen, 49

  Wilson, Cintra, 108–9, 196–97

  Wilson, Dr. (alias), 307

  Wilson, Woodrow, 40, 245n

  Wolf, Eric, 125, 291n

  women:

  Bedouin, 56–57

  FET and, 177, 311n

  in Iraq, 36, 40, 189, 248n

  Loyd and, 56–58, 62–63, 93–94, 226

  in Maiwand, 209, 275n, 322n–23n

  marriages and, 36, 56–58, 206, 209, 247n

  misogyny and, 199, 206, 208–10, 321n–22n

  Sadoo Khan on, 209, 322n–23n

  see also under Afghanistan

  Woodrow Wilson Center, 64–66, 261n

  World Basic Information Library, 39–40, 252n

  World War I, 40, 121–22, 241n

  World War II, 48, 103–4, 107, 113, 241n, 283n

  anthropology and, 122, 289n

  geography and, 40, 251n

  Yale University, 113–14

  Zabul, 226

  Arman and, 61–62

  Loyd in, 60–64, 66, 96–97, 161, 261n

  PRT in, 60–64

  Zadran, 45–46

  Zhari, 269n–71n, 273n

  Zinni, Anthony, 24

  Zulu wars, 269n

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  The tender soldier : a true story of war and sacrifice / Vanessa M. Gezari.

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  1. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 2. Loyd, Paula. 3. United States. Army. Human Terrain System. 4. Counterinsurgency—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 5. Applied anthropology—Afghanistan. 6. Anthropologists—United States—Biography. 7. Cooper, Clint. 8. Ayala, Don. 9. Applied anthropology—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. 10. Social sciences—Research—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. DS371.4123.M35 2013 958.104’71—dc23

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