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Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jerry struggling to stand against a mud wall. The focus is often on the sexy quick strike that is amplified by the movies. But one difference is that when we do it, we almost always have Afghans with us. Risky Business: Assessing Risk to U. Major Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer give readers a stirring inside look at the day-to-day operations of a Special Forces team - and what it takes to defeat insurgents hell-bent on regaining control of Afghanistan.

Newsletter Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info and giveaways by email. Hopefully, by the end of the summer, Afghanistan will be firmly on a path toward progress and peace. The Key to Afghanistan? Publication information is for the USA, and unless stated otherwise represents the first print edition.

They had to fight a group of the best trained and equipped soldiers in the world. I hear all the time about security concerns. He lived up to his promise to die with us. The Department of State DoS is concerned about admitting Afghan interpreters for fear that al-Qaeda operatives will use the program to enter the United States.

A fighter recognized them as individuals who worked with the Americans.

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It is important to understand that any insurgency must have the will and support of the people. A year-old kid, he emulated our speech, dressed in our uniform and even chewed neswar, the Afghan version of Copenhagen, like the other members of the team. President, grab a copy - this is a sure-bet Special Forces exit strategy.

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Congress had authorized 8, visas for Afghan interpreters as of , but only 1, had been issued by December of that year. He was medically evacuated with my wounded, and thankfully, he lived. The deployments limit the number of anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, vacations, and births of our children that we can be present for. The real work is the day to day struggle to win the will of the people and defeat the insurgency.

Now Bradley recounts the whole remarkable story as it actually happened and brings to life the men who impossibly won the day—Americans and Afghans alike—each unique, all indelible in their everyday exercise of extraordinary heroism. Sperwan Ghar itself: unremitting waves of fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades; a targeted truck turned into an inferno; the death trap of a cut-off compound.

Visa alla ». When American forces arrived in the country in , we knew nothing. Media Reviews "A powerful and gripping account of a battle that helped shape the war in Afghanistan. One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. When the civilians left the valley, the enemy had to face us. Operation Medusa and the battle of Sperwan Ghar in proved to the enemy that no matter how they fought, they would be defeated.