Recommendation
Retired US Army four-star general McChrystal led the commando operatives who captured Saddam Hussein and killed terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. McChrystal was an Army Ranger and a Green Beret – often described as a “hard man.” His autobiography provides a rare, educational insider’s view of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The Army gave him maddeningly difficult goals, and he argues that he discharged them with honor, professionalism and effectiveness. This big book covers his military and personal history, but the personal is less known and perhaps more illuminating. The Army threw McChrystal all over the world, from tough assignment to tougher assignment. And if he gives readers more detail where he shines (in command) than where he doesn’t (in the Rolling Stone interview that preceded his retirement), perhaps that’s the human side of a hard man. While politically neutral, getAbstract recommends McChrystal’s insightful take on his lifetime of service.
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Stanley McChrystal retired in 2010 as a US Army four-star general. His last assignment was commander of the International Security Assistance Force and US forces in Afghanistan.
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