The hardest place (Record no. 64361)
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| fixed length control field | 03250dam a2200301 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0000370469 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | 0001 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 221116s2021 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2020011937 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780812995060 (hardback) |
| Qualifying information | (hardcover ; |
| -- | alk. paper) |
| Qualifying information | (paperback ; |
| -- | alk. paper) |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780812995077 |
| Qualifying information | (ebook) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.104742 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.104742 |
| Item number | MOR-H |
| Number source | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Morgan, Wesley, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The hardest place |
| Medium | Book : |
| Remainder of title | the American military adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Wesley Morgan. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxvi, 644 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | 01 |
| Price amount | 6,791.00 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "When we think of the war in Afghanistan, chances are we're thinking of a small, remote corner of the country where American military action has been concentrated: the Pech and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. The rugged, steep terrain and thick forests made the region a natural hiding spot for targets in the American war on terror, from Osama bin Laden to the Islamic State, and it has been the site of constant U.S. military activity for nearly two decades. Even as the U.S. presence in Afghanistan transitions to a drone war, the Pech has remained at the center of it, a testbed for a new method of remote warfare. Wesley Morgan, who grew up with the war, observing it closely, first visited the Pech in 2010, while he was still a college student embedding with military units as a freelancer. By then, the Pech and its infamous tributary the Korengal had become emblematic of the war, but Morgan found that few of the troops fighting there could explain how or when their remote outposts had been built. In The Hardest Place, he unravels the history those troops didn't know, captures the culture and reality of the war through both American and Afghan eyes, and reports on the snowballing American missteps that made each unit's job harder than the last as storied outfits like Marines, paratroopers, Rangers, Green Berets, and SEALs all took their turn. Through reporting trips, hundreds of interviews with Americans and Afghans, and documentary research, Morgan writes vividly of large-scale missions gone awry, years-long hunts for single individuals, and the soldiers, Marines, commandos, and intelligence operatives who cycle through, along with several who return again and again to the same slowly evolving fight. With these stories, he shows how the Pech Valley has long been a microcosm of the entire war. As the war drags on through its third presidential administration, Morgan concludes that we've created a status quo that could last forever in the Pech, always in search of the next target"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | All. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| Geographic subdivision | Afghanistan |
| -- | Pech Valley. |
| General subdivision | Campaigns |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| Geographic subdivision | Afghanistan |
| -- | Korangal Valley. |
| General subdivision | Campaigns |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| Geographic subdivision | Afghanistan |
| -- | Kunar (Province) |
| General subdivision | Campaigns |
| 852 ## - LOCATION | |
| Accession No. | 10001000062468 |
| -- | 6791.00 |
| -- | World Book Co. |
| Former shelving location | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad | 09/09/2023 | 958.104742 MOR-H 62468 | 10001000062468 | 09/09/2023 | 09/09/2023 | Books |