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Over a thirty-five year career, the author 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, he 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, the author makes the firm case that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost - but we didn'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.

IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011 --- AFGHAN WAR, 2001 --- -IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011--PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AMERICAN --- AFGHAN WAR, 2001 --- PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AMERICAN --- WAR ON TERRORISM, 2001-2009--PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AMERICAN

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GATES, ROBERT MICHAEL, 1943 --- -CABINET OFFICERS--USA --- IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011--PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AMERICAN --- AFGHAN WAR, 2001 --- PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AMERICAN --- Gates, Robert Michael --- United States. Department of Defense --- Officials and employees --- Biography --- Cabinet officers --- United States --- Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Personal narratives --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Personal narratives [American ] --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- Personal narratives [American ] --- Civil-military relations --- History --- 21st century --- Military policy --- Decision making --- Politics and government --- 2001-2009 --- 2009-2017

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"Belgium in the First World War: the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and the last liberated. Belgium was home to a large American colony: people working for U.S. corporations, diplomats with the American Legation and Americans armies. This book tells the story of the German invasion, occupation and retreat from the perspective of Americans who were there"--

World War, 1914-1918 --- Americans --- Première guerre mondiale --- Américains --- Personal narratives, American. --- History --- Récits personnels américains --- Histoire --- Belgium --- Belgique --- Première guerre mondiale --- Américains --- Récits personnels américains --- Personal narratives [American ] --- 20th century --- German occupation, 1914-1918 --- World War, 1914-1918 - Belgium --- World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, American --- Americans - Belgium - History - 20th century --- Belgium - History - German occupation, 1914-1918

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History of Europe --- anno 1910-1919 --- C5 --- Wereldoorlog I --- getuigenis --- Maatschappelijke organisaties en maatschappelijk leven --- Belgium --- History --- German occupation, 1914-1918 --- Personal narratives [American ] --- 949.32 LEUVEN --- 949.3.034 --- 949.3.034 Geschiedenis van België: 1ste wereldoorlog (1914-1918) --- Geschiedenis van België: 1ste wereldoorlog (1914-1918) --- Geschiedenis van België: hertogdom Brabant; provincie Brabant--(reg./lok.) --- -Geschiedenis van België: 1ste wereldoorlog (1914-1918)