Contents

Also by John A. Nagl

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

1. Ghostriders in the Storm

2. Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: A Counterinsurgent at Oxford and West Point

3. Back to Iraq: Al Anbar 2003–2004

4. The First Washington Fight: Iraq

5. Clear, Hold, and Build

6. Proof of Concept: Iraq 2007–2008

7. The Second Washington Fight: Afghanistan

8. Counterinsurgency Revisited: Learning from Our Mistakes

Epilogue. Good-bye to All That

Acknowledgments

Notes

Further Reading

Index