Victory Undone: The Defeat of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Its Resurrection as ISIS

by Carter Andress and Malcolm McConnell

Book Overview

Here is a dramatic, first-person account of how the United States won the war in Iraq, only to see the peace lost by an unengaged administration, with Iraqis terrorized and the new "caliph" of ISIS promising, "I'll see you in New York."

Military contractor Carter Andress was the ultimate boots-on-the-ground "civilian" in Iraq. While reporters, aid workers, diplomats, and even U.S. soldiers were often cut off from the "ground truth" in Iraq...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621572803
• ISBN13: 9781621572800
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"