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The Valley's Edge

A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban

The Valley's Edge( )
Author: Green, Daniel R.
Foreword by: Neumann, Ronald E.
Afterword by: McMaster, H. R.
ISBN:978-1-59797-694-7
Publication Date:Nov 2011
Publisher:Potomac Books, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $42.90
Book Description:

In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of US efforts to oust the Taliban insurgency from the desolate southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. Nestled between the Hindu Kush mountains and the sprawling wasteland of the Margow and Khash Deserts, Uruzgan is a microcosm of US efforts to prevent Afghanistan from falling to the Taliban insurgency and Islamic radicalism.

Author Biography
Green, Daniel R. (Author)


Herbert Raymond McMaster was born on July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia. He is a U.S. Army lieutenant general and the 26th National Security Advisor. His military assignments include Director of Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

McMaster earned a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His thesis was critical of American strategy in the Vietnam War, which was further detailed in his 1997 book Dereliction of Duty. In this book McMaster's explores the military's role in the policies of the Vietnam War. The book criticized high-ranking officers of that era, arguing that they inadequately challenged Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Lyndon Johnson on their Vietnam strategy. His other titles include The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell, Lesson for a Long War: How America can Win on New Battlefields and Ideas and Weapons: Influence and Perception in Modern Warfare.

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