Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan by Schloesser, Jeffrey

Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781682619896)

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Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan by Schloesser, Jeffrey

Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan

$28.00
Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan by Schloesser, Jeffrey

Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan

$28.00
Format: Hardcover
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From Major General Jeffrey Schloesser--former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division and Regional Command-East--comes a revealing memoir of leadership in the chaos and fog of the Afghanistan War.

War is the most brutal of human endeavors, and I have experienced enough war to know to take cover when politicians and poets and armchair warriors speak extravagantly of patriotism and national honor.

Join Major General Schloesser in the daily grind of warfare fought in the most forbidding of terrain, with sometimes uncertain or untested allies, Afghan corruption and Pakistani bet hedging, and the mounting casualties of war which erode and bring into question Schloesser's most profoundly held convictions and beliefs. Among several battles, Schloesser takes readers deep into the Battle of Wanat, where nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a fierce, up-close fight to prevent a new operating base from being overrun. This encounter required Schloesser to make tactical decisions that had dramatic strategic impact, and led him to doubts: Can this war even be won? If so, what will it take?

This book is a rare insight and reflection into the thoughts of critical national decision-makers including President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, then Senator Barack Obama, and numerous foreign leaders including Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Key military leaders--including then Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, then Central Command Commanding General David Petraeus, then Lieutenant General and future Chairman Martin Dempsey, and International Security Force Commander General David McKiernan--all play roles in the book, among many others, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville. Analyzing their leadership in the chaos of war Schloesser ultimately concludes that successful leadership in combat is best based on competence, courage, and character.

Author: Jeffrey Schloesser
ISBN-10: 1682619893
ISBN-13: 9781682619896
Publisher: Knox Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d
By Jeffrey Schloesser
By Jeffrey Schloesser
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Jeff Schloesser is a retired Army Major General who commanded the 101st Airborne Division for thirty-three months, including fifteen months in combat in Afghanistan. In his thirty-four year Army career he served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Albania, Kuwait, Haiti, Jordan, Korea, and twice in Germany.

He was an assistant division commander in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq 2003-04, the first Global War on Terrorism Planning Director in the Pentagon after 9/11, and the first Deputy Director at the National Counterterrorism Center for Strategic Operational Planning.

An aviator, Jeff commanded two battalions of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and a brigade task force in Albania and Kosovo.

He resides with his wife Patty in Park City, Utah, and northern Virginia. He has completed thirty-eight marathons.

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