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Not a Good Day to Die

por Sean Naylor

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After the Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, America quickly toppled the Taliban regime that had sheltered the terrorist organization in Afghanistan. But, believing the war to be all but over, U.S. Central Command refused to commit the forces required to achieve total victory. Instead, the war's biggest battle--one that could have broken Al Qaeda and captured Osama bin Laden--was waged by a hodge-podge of units thrown together at the last moment. On March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began in the Shahikot Valley, where young, untested U.S. soldiers paid a bloody price for strategic, higher-level miscalculations. Journalist eyewitness Naylor describes how, denied the extra infantry, artillery, and attack helicopters with which they had trained, these troops nevertheless proved their worth in brutal combat and prevented an American military disaster.--From publisher description.… (mais)
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Detailed account of a FUBAR battle in Afghanistan, heavy on military lingo and on explaining from the Americans’-eye view what went wrong in the chain of command, leading to the preventable deaths of several soldiers despite the training, in-the-moment competence, and equipment available to those soldiers. Another lesson in: don’t ever think you know what a military operation will be like. Or, as one aphorism Naylor quotes says, no matter how good your plan is, remember that the enemy gets to vote on it too. ( )
  rivkat | Apr 10, 2017 |
A sobering look at a completely mismanaged operation in Afghanistan. A true story of heroism, idiotic government bumbling, and how the men on the ground are the ones who have to deal with it and overcome the obstacles of not only the enemy but their faulty high command. Those responsible for this failed endeavor should be put before a court martial for their decisions and ignoring the intel presented to them by men who were actually on the ground. Their refusing to believe the facts cost us dearly in American lives. This story wouldnt be out of place in the Vietnam era when it comes to just how much intel was ignored and deemed irrelevant by people thousands of miles away from those who had boots and eyes on the ground. Overall an excellent book but one that just makes you shake your head and truly feel sorry for the men who had to endure what they did and the families who lost who they did. ( )
  Luftwaffe_Flak | Feb 7, 2014 |
An important contribution to the history of the ongoing Afghanistan war.Mr. Naylor is a reporter with Army Times. This was widely reviewed in Amazon with some of the reviewers stating it was one of the best books of the war ( )
  carterchristian1 | Mar 15, 2011 |
Good read, Would recommend without reservation! ( )
  twelve43 | Jul 24, 2009 |
You can tell what this book is really about, seeing as something like half of the work is devoted to command, control, and intelligence issues before you get to the actual battle. This is when you then get the details of how what was supposed to be an exercise in political theatre turned into a near disaster, only to be redeemed by the professionalism and good nerves of the men on the ground.

Most striking to me was how the author puts the disasters of the Afghani auxiliaries and the U.S. troops on Robert's Ridge into context. The first were probably doomed to failure by the attempt to use a scratch group of irregulars like disciplined light infantry; not helped by a bad "friendly fire" incident. In the case of the SEALS they appear to have been their own worst enemy, and were brought low by what can only be called arrogance; this not being helped by off-site commanders seeking to micro-manage at the worst possible moment, which almost destroyed the Rangers sent to the rescue.

The only reason I don't rate this book higher is that there is still more to be learned about this battle (particularly from the perspective of the SEALS). An organized list of the personages involved and a flow chart of the command "structure" would have been nice too. ( )
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After the Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, America quickly toppled the Taliban regime that had sheltered the terrorist organization in Afghanistan. But, believing the war to be all but over, U.S. Central Command refused to commit the forces required to achieve total victory. Instead, the war's biggest battle--one that could have broken Al Qaeda and captured Osama bin Laden--was waged by a hodge-podge of units thrown together at the last moment. On March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began in the Shahikot Valley, where young, untested U.S. soldiers paid a bloody price for strategic, higher-level miscalculations. Journalist eyewitness Naylor describes how, denied the extra infantry, artillery, and attack helicopters with which they had trained, these troops nevertheless proved their worth in brutal combat and prevented an American military disaster.--From publisher description.

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