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Afghanistan
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9781472831019

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1472831012
ISBN-13
9781472831019
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15038595176

Product Key Features

Book Title
Blood, Metal and Dust : How Victory Turned Into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Middle East / Iraq, Asia / General, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)
Publication Year
2020
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Yes
Genre
History
Author
Ben Barry
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Hardcover

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1.9 in
Item Weight
32.2 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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"At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." - Mark Barnes, War History Online "This is without doubt the best military history of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan I have read to date." - Wavell Room " Blood, Metal and Dust is an essential, landmark work." - Mungo Melvin, The RUSI Journal " Blood, Metal and Dust is the essential account of the 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq." - Martin Purbrick, Asian Affairs, With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan., Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike., "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." - Mark Barnes, War History Online "Reminiscent of the many great narrative histories of Allied military operations during World War II, this book is absolutely a must read on these wars." - New York Journal of Books, "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." --Mark Barnes, War History Online "This is without doubt the best military history of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan I have read to date." -- Wavell Room " Blood, Metal and Dust is an essential, landmark work." --Mungo Melvin, The RUSI Journal " Blood, Metal and Dust is the essential account of the 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq." --Martin Purbrick, Asian Affairs "Barry's accounts of operations are gripping, succinct, comprehensive and altogether readable." -- ARMY Magazine, "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." - Mark Barnes, War History Online "This is without doubt the best military history of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan I have read to date." - Wavell Room "Reminiscent of the many great narrative histories of Allied military operations during World War II, this book is absolutely a must read on these wars." - New York Journal of Books, The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading., "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." - Mark Barnes, War History Online "This is without doubt the best military history of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan I have read to date." - Wavell Room " Blood, Metal and Dust is an essential, landmark work." - Mungo Melvin, The RUSI Journal " Blood, Metal and Dust is the essential account of the 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq." - Martin Purbrick, Asian Affairs " Barry's accounts of operations are gripping, succinct, comprehensive and altogether readable." - ARMY Magazine, "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends', "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford. "With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan." -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London " Blood, Metal and Dust is a seminal work that exploits newly available archival material to produce a riveting account of the allies' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed with a keen scholarly eye and long military experience, Ben Barry dissects key decision points and pitched battles ranging from Tora Bora, Operation Medusa and Wanat in Afghanistan to the US Marines' Anbar campaign, Operation Viking Hammer in Kurdistan, and the Sadr City battle of 2008. His unsparing judgments should inform future war planning, making this book required reading for the policymaker and the practitioner alike." -- Linda Robinson, Senior International/Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation and author of 'Tell Me How This Ends' "The telling of this particular audit of war is accomplished with precision and with dispassionate honesty. This book is required reading." - Mark Barnes, War History Online, This is without doubt the best military history of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan I have read to date., "At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading." -- Sir Hew Strachan FBA FRSE, Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews and former Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford., At one level Blood, Metal and Dust is a clear, dispassionate and succinct military history of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is much more important than that. As the US and UK turn their backs too quickly on both wars, they are in danger of disregarding the lessons and so failing to profit from their experiences. This book puts that right. Ben Barry is forthright in his criticisms and depressingly correct in his conclusions. Blood, Metal and Dust is essential reading.
Dewey Decimal
956.70443
Table Of Content
List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1 Before the Fall: The military experience of the US and its allies before 9/11 2 Strategic Shock and Response: Afghanistan from 9/11 to Operation Anaconda 3 Economy of Force: Stabilizing Afghanistan 2002-05 4 Operation Cobra II : The invasion of Iraq 5 Descent into Chaos: Iraq 2003-04 6 'As the Iraqis stand up we will stand down': The Transition Strategy 2004-06 7 The Iraq Surge: Regaining the initiative 8 Learning under Fire: The struggle to adapt 9 The Battles for Basra: Britain' s near-defeat in southern Iraq 10 Endgame in Iraq: Success turns to failure 11 The Enemy Gets a Vote: Afghanistan 2006-09 12 The Afghan Surge: 2009-12 13 The Failure of the Transition to Afghan Security Leadership 14 COVID-19: A dark postscript 15 Bloody Lessons Glossary Recommended Reading Endnotes Index
Synopsis
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD. FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2021. 'With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.' Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London Written by the author of the official British military analysis of the Iraq campaigns, Blood, Metal and Dust is the first authoritative military history of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to tell the detailed story of what happened on the ground. From the high-ranking officer who wrote the still-classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq comes the authoritative history of two conflicts which have overshadowed the beginning of the 21st century. Inextricably linked to the ongoing "War on Terror," the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dominated more than a decade of international politics, and their influence is felt to this day. Blood, Metal and Dust is the first military history to offer a comprehensive overview of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, providing in-depth accounts of the operations undertaken by both US and UK forces. Brigadier Ben Barry explores the wars which shaped the modern Middle East, providing a detailed narrative of operations as they unfolded. With unparalleled access to official military accounts and extensive contacts in both the UK and the US militaries, Brigadier Barry is uniquely placed to tell the story of these controversial conflicts, and offers a rounded account of the international campaigns which irrevocably changed the global geopolitical landscape., Written by the author of the official British military analysis of the Iraq campaigns, Blood, Metal and Dust is the first authoritative military history of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to tell the detailed story of what happened on the ground. From the high-ranking officer who wrote the still-classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq comes the authoritative history of two conflicts which have overshadowed the beginning of the 21st century. Inextricably linked to the ongoing "War on Terror," the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dominated more than a decade of international politics, and their influence is felt to this day. Blood, Metal and Dust is the first military history to offer a comprehensive overview of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, providing in-depth accounts of the operations undertaken by both US and UK forces. Brigadier Ben Barry explores the wars which shaped the modern Middle East, providing a detailed narrative of operations as they unfolded. With unparalleled access to official military accounts and extensive contacts in both the UK and the US militaries, Brigadier Barry is uniquely placed to tell the story of these controversial conflicts, and offers a rounded account of the international campaigns which irrevocably changed the global geopolitical landscape., Written by the author of the official British military analysis of the Iraq campaigns, Blood, Metal and Dust is the first authoritative military history of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to tell the detailed story of what happened on the ground.
LC Classification Number
DS79.76

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