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Author:

Gordon, Michael R., 1951- author.

Title:

Degrade and destroy : the inside story of the war against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump / Michael R. Gordon.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

475 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

IS (Organization)
Terrorism--United States--History--History--21st century.
Terrorism--Iraq--History--21st century.
Terrorism--Syria--History--21st century.
United States--Military relations--Iraq.
United States--Military relations--Syria.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Impala Rider -- Plan B -- An Appeal from Baghdad -- Make or Break -- All Fall Down -- Back to the Future -- Iraq First -- Talon Anvil -- The Darkest Hour -- Combat -- Dweller -- The War Room -- The Next Ten Plays -- Objective Fish -- Eagle Strike -- The Tactical Directive -- Council of War -- The Final Days -- Wrath of the Euphrates -- Eclipse -- Jazeera Storm -- Continuing Resolve.

Summary:

"In Degrade and Destroy, the bestselling author and Wall Street Journal national security correspondent Michael R. Gordon reveals the strategy debates, diplomatic gambits, and military operations that shaped the struggle against the Islamic State. With extraordinary access to top U.S. officials and military commanders and to the forces on the battlefield, Gordon offers a riveting narrative that ferrets out some of the war’s most guarded secrets." -- From Amazon.com summary.

ISBN:

0374279896
9780374279899

LCCN:

2021061241

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)