{"product_id":"surge-peter-r-mansoor-9780300209372","title":"Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first full insider account of the troop surge in Iraq, told by a member of General David Petraeus's personal staff\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurge\u003c\/i\u003e is an insider's view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the controversial new U.S. Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency doctrine was developed; to Washington, D.C., and the halls of the Pentagon, where the Joint Chiefs of Staff struggled to understand the conflict; to the streets of Baghdad, where soldiers worked to implement the surge and reenergize the flagging war effort before the Iraqi state splintered; and to the halls of Congress, where Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus testified in some of the most contentious hearings in recent memory. \u003cp\u003eUsing newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, \u003ci\u003eSurge\u003c\/i\u003e explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker, General Petraeus, and other U.S. and Iraqi political and military leaders shaped the surge from the center of the maelstrom in Baghdad and Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter R. Mansoor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300209371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300209372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.35w x 1.07d","brand":"Peter R. Mansoor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076005556479,"sku":"9780300209372","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0afa7a41-c78d-4153-9e08-079cc1b908ef.jpg?v=1685462649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surge-peter-r-mansoor-9780300209372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}