David Petraeus
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David Petraeus

A Biography

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

David Petraeus

A Biography

About this book

This in-depth and forthright biography examines the personal and professional life of General David Petraeus, today's most prominent military leader. David Petraeus: A Biography offers an objective assessment of the life and career of the man who is arguably the most important military figure of the decade and certainly an officer who has had an enormous impact on U.S. military strategy and policy. The biography examines the full range of Petraeus's experiences, from his youth in New York to his involvement with the 101st Airborne Division to the 2007 MoveOn.org controversy. The author, a military historian and army strategist, explores the general's considerable influence on officer development, as well as the ways in which his integration of diplomatic, economic, and informational components into military campaigns have transformed the Department of Defense's approach to warfare. Readers will be able to clearly trace Petraeus's rise to prominence and discover how his actions have shaped, and been shaped by, current events in the United States and the Middle East.

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Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780313383779
eBook ISBN
9780313383786
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Series Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Timeline: Events in the Life of David Petraeus
  8. Chapter 1: Boyhood in New York
  9. Chapter 2: The First Crucible: West Point
  10. Chapter 3: Junior Officer Years in the Army
  11. Chapter 4: Expanding Horizons: The Young Scholar-Leader
  12. Chapter 5: Back to USMA: Duty in the Department of Social Sciences
  13. Chapter 6: Field-Grade Years
  14. Chapter 7: Battalion Command in the Rakkasans
  15. Chapter 8: Operations in Haiti
  16. Chapter 9: Brigade Command at Fort Bragg
  17. Chapter 10: An Injury and Deployment to the Balkans
  18. Chapter 11: Commanding General of the Screaming Eagles: Leading the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Iraq
  19. Chapter 12: North to Mosul with the 101st
  20. Chapter 13: The War in Northern Iraq and Beyond
  21. Chapter 14: Training Iraqi Security Forces
  22. Chapter 15: Changing Army Doctrine for a New War in Iraq
  23. Chapter 16: MNF-I: Starting the Surge
  24. Chapter 17: Turning the Tide in Iraq
  25. Chapter 18: Gathering Momentum: Beyond the Surge
  26. Chapter 19: The U.S. Endgame in Iraq
  27. Chapter 20: A New War in Afghanistan
  28. Chapter 21: What Place in History?
  29. Selected Bibliography
  30. Index