Surge

My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

By: Peter R. Mansoor, General David Petraeus - foreword

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Surge 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 listener 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.

Using newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, Surge explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker,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.

©2013 Peter R. Mansoor (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Helpful for the Army War College

Really enjoyed this audible book. I’m reading it for the War College and hearing the words added so much more to my absorption of the information.

The Best book on Counter Insurgency

Provides a clear & concise explanation of the complexity of counterinsurgency.
Highly Recommended to those willing to understand future COIN operation.