The outpost

Description:

Jake Tapper exposes the origins of one of the Afghan War's deadliest battles for U.S. forces and details the stories of soldiers heroic and doomed, shadowed by the recklessness of their commanders in Washington, D.C. and a war built on constantly shifting sands.

subjects: Counterinsurgency,  Kamdesh, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2009,  Campaigns,  Taliban,  Afghan War, 2001-,  Insurgency,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2012-12-02,  New York Times bestseller,  Afghan war, 2001-2021

Places: Combat Outpost Keating (Afghanistan),  Afghanistan,  Nuristan (Region)