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Afghan History
Afghan Studies
Afghan War
Afghanistan
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Bureaucracy
Bush Administration
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Civilian Casualties
Coalition Strategy
Counterinsurgency
Dick Cheney
Drug Trade
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Foreign Policy
Green Beret
Insurgency
International Relations
Memoir
Middle East History
Middle East Studies
Middle EastNear East
Military Bureaucracy
Military Coalition
Military History
Military Memoir
Military Strategy
Military Studies
National Security
Obama Administration
Pentagon
Policy Advisor
Policy Maker
Political Science
President Barack Obama
President Bush
President George W Bush
President Obama
Special Forces
Taliban
Tribalism
Vice President Richard B Cheney
Washington DC
White House Situation Room
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- ISBN 9781640125742
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2023
- Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Grappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U.S. military are issues that prompt sleepless nights for both policymakers in Washington DC and soldiers at war, albeit for different reasons. Few, however, have dealt with these issues in the White House situation room and on the front line. Michael G. Waltz has done just that, working as a policy advisor to Vice President Richard B. Cheney and also serving in the mountains of Afghanistan as a Green Beret, directly implementing strategy in the field that he helped devise in Washington.
In Warrior Diplomat Waltz shares his unique firsthand experiences, revealing the sights, sounds, emotions, and complexities involved in the war in Afghanistan. Waltz also highlights the policy issues that have plagued the war effort throughout the past decade, from the drug trade, to civilian casualties, to a lack of resources in comparison to Iraq, to the overall coalition strategy. At the same time, he points out that stabilizing Afghanistan and the region remains crucial to national security and that a long-term commitment along the lines of South Korea or Germany is imperative if America is to remain secure.
Michael G. Waltz represents North Central Florida in Congress and is a colonel in the National Guard, a combat-decorated Green Beret, and a former White House and Pentagon policy advisor. He served more than twenty-six years in the U.S. Army and as a member of Congress was heavily involved with assisting Americans and Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Peter Bergen is the author of four books about Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, including, most recently, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad.
