{"product_id":"why-we-lost-by-daniel-p-bolger","title":"Why we lost by Daniel P. Bolger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA high-ranking general\u0026amp;;s gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all went wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver a thirty-five-year career, Daniel Bolger rose through the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top-level military and civilian players, where strategy was made and managed. At the same time, he regularly carried a rifle alongside rank-and-file soldiers in combat actions, unusual for a general. Now, as a witness to all levels of military command, Bolger offers a unique assessment of these wars, from 9\/11 to the final withdrawal from the region. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching honesty, Bolger makes the firm case that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost \u0026amp;; but we didn\u0026amp;;t have to. Intelligence was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by spreadsheets or theories. And, at the root of our failure, we never really understood our enemy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy We Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account of these wars from a fresh and authoritative perspective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59453727801630,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59453727834398,"sku":null,"price":630.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59453778657566,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/810pHQn9LrL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781286882","url":"https:\/\/readroombd.com\/products\/why-we-lost-by-daniel-p-bolger","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}