My share of the task a memoir
- New York Portfolio c2014
- xi, 452 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-439) and index.
In early March 2010, General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, walked with President Hamid Karzai through a small rural bazaar. As Afghan townspeoƯple crowded around them, a Taliban rocket loudly thudded into the ground some distance away. Karzai looked to McChrystal, who shrugged. The two leaders continued greeting the townspeople and listening to their views.