TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weston,J.Kael
TI  - The mirror test: America at war in Iraq and Afghanistan 
SN  - 9780385351126 (hardcover)
AV  - DS79.76 .W464 2016
U1  - 956.7044/345092 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Weston, J. Kael.
KW  - United States
KW  - Dept. of State
KW  - Officials and employees
KW  - Biography
KW  - Department of State
KW  - sears
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-2021
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Personal narratives
N1  - Prologue: Twentynine Palms, California -- Part I. The wrong war -- Quagmire -- Friends and enemies -- Phantom fury or new dawn? -- Happy birthday -- The potato factory -- Clear, hold, build -- Helo down -- Collaboration -- KIA in Mayberry -- When senators and generals talk -- Sara al Jumaili and the last grand mufti -- A farewell to Fallujah -- The 93 -- To Monument Valley -- Part II. The right war -- Deeper into the Muslim world -- Dilawar of Yakubi -- Khost U -- A handshake, or two -- Reformed Taliban -- The ego has landed -- Life after Guantanamo -- The dead of Sabari District -- The commander and the top student -- Jackpots and dryholes -- Motor City -- Escalation -- Our British friends -- Ask & tell -- A dignified transfer -- Part III. Homefronts -- To Cherokee, Iowa -- To Menard, Texas -- The parade -- Semper fido and the Sierras -- Operation Mend -- Spirit of America -- The library -- A museum of war -- Nick's home -- The mall of America -- Epilogue: New York City -- After war -- A soldier's war journal, a soldier's mirror test -- Angels
N2  - A former State Department official draws on a wide range of voices and stories to explore the human costs of conflict, asking hard questions about the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
ER  -