Ebook: Tell me how this ends: General David Petraeus and the search for a way out of Iraq

After many missteps made from the invasion in 2003 through 2006, the White House appointed General Petraeus as the top commander in Iraq, initiating a new strategy and a new approach to prosecuting the war. Tell Me How This Ends is an inside account of General David Petraeus's attempt to turn around a failing war. Bestselling author Linda Robinson had unprecedented access to Petraeus, interviewing him and sitting in on his daily briefings. She also has extensive experience in Iraq, embedding herself with key U.S. and Iraqi divisions, and talking with brigade and battalion commanders who were r.;MAP OF BAGHDAD xi; PREFACE xiii; 1 The Genesis of a Civil War 1; 2 A Failing War, and the Decision to Surge 25; 3 David Howell Petraeus 47; 4 The Petraeus Team Launches 85; 5 Fard al-Qanoon, the Baghdad Security Plan 119; 6 The Political Puzzle 141; 7 Downsizing Expectations 169; 8 The Blue Spaders in the Inferno 181; 9 The Knights of Ameriya 217; 10 The Sons of Iraq 251; 11 Full-Court Press 271; 12 The September Reckoning 293; 13 The Drawdown Begins, and the Cease-Fire Spreads 307; 14 To the Brink Again 327; 15 Tell Me How This Ends 345; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357; NOTES 361.