Part 41 (2/2)
Biographical information about and emails from Berkoff were provided by Berkoff.
Information about HIG was provided by Berkoff, Strand, and Katz.
George Crile's Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History was published in 2003 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. was published in 2003 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, New York.
Michael Crowley, ”Our Man in Kabul? The s.a.d.i.s.tic Afghan Warlord Who Wants to Be Our Friend,” New Republic, New Republic, March 9, 2010. March 9, 2010.
”U.S. Bombing Raid in North Afghanistan 'Targeted Fugative Hekmatyr,' ” Agence France Presse, December 13, 2003.
Information about and emails to and from Fenty were provided by Kristen Fenty; further information came from interviews with Byers and Cavoli.
Chapter 3: Like Just Another Day on the Range
Information about 3-71 Cav's arrival at Forward Operation Base Naray came primarily from interviews with Snyder, Stambersky, and Berkoff.
As mentioned, one useful book on Operation Redwing is Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson, Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (New York: Little, Brown, 2007). (New York: Little, Brown, 2007).
Information about Nuristan and Kunar Provinces, and Afghanistan in general, came from many sources, including Katz and Strand as well as Richard Strand, Nuristan Provincial Handbook: A Guide to the People and the Province, Nuristan Provincial Handbook: A Guide to the People and the Province, ed. Nick Dowling and Tom Praster (Arlington, Virginia: IDS International, 2009). Additional information came from Jerry Meyerle, Megan Katt, and Jim Gavrilis, ed. Nick Dowling and Tom Praster (Arlington, Virginia: IDS International, 2009). Additional information came from Jerry Meyerle, Megan Katt, and Jim Gavrilis, Counterinsurgency on the Ground in Afghanistan: How Different Units Adapted to Local Conditions Counterinsurgency on the Ground in Afghanistan: How Different Units Adapted to Local Conditions (CNA Stability and Development Program, November 2010). (CNA Stability and Development Program, November 2010).
Information on the problematic borders was provided by Berkoff and Strand as well as by Joshua Foust, ”Sub-National Administrative Boundary Discrepancies in Eastern Afghanistan,” Cultural Knowledge Report Cultural Knowledge Report, August 7, 2008, Human Terrain SystemResearch Reachback Center.
Information about the insurgent attack on the three Marines came from an interview with the one survivor, Brian Molby.
Accounts of the mission in the Kotya Valley were provided by myriad interviewees, including Berkoff, Swain, Byers, Hawes, Cunningham, and Fisher.
George Scott Robertson's book The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush was first published in 1896, in London, by Lawrence & Bullen. was first published in 1896, in London, by Lawrence & Bullen.
Information about the Dawlat was taken from Daan Van Der Schriek, ”Nuristan: Insurgent Hideout in Afghanistan,” Terrorism Monitor Terrorism Monitor 3:10, (May 2006), published by the Jamestown Foundation of Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., as well as from Barnett Rubin, 3:10, (May 2006), published by the Jamestown Foundation of Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., as well as from Barnett Rubin, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan, 2nd ed. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2002). 2nd ed. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2002).
Information about ethnic groups, as well as other details about the people of Nuristan, came from the aforementioned Nuristan Provincial Handbook: A Guide to the People and the Province, Nuristan Provincial Handbook: A Guide to the People and the Province, plus Strand and Katz. plus Strand and Katz.
Information on the presentation by the Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth was provided by 3-71 Cav officers.
Chapter 4: War, Fate, and Wind
Descriptions of the mountaintop landing were provided by Pilozzi, Netzel, and Gooding.
Information about the Korangal Valley came from Nicholson, Katz, Strand, and Berkoff.
Information about Moquin and Netzel came from Netzel and from Vaillancourt, Moquin's mother, who also shared the letter he wrote her.
Details about the hike were gathered from interviews with Hendy, Larson, Netzel, and Pa.s.sman.
Details about the flora and fauna of the region came from interviews with troops from all four years covered in this book, as well as from Wildlife Surveys and Wildlife Conservation in Nuristan, Afghanistan, Including Scat and Small Rodent Collection from Other Sites, Wildlife Surveys and Wildlife Conservation in Nuristan, Afghanistan, Including Scat and Small Rodent Collection from Other Sites, published in August 2008 by the Wildlife Conservation Society/United States Agency for International Development, Afghanistan Biodiversity Conservation Program. published in August 2008 by the Wildlife Conservation Society/United States Agency for International Development, Afghanistan Biodiversity Conservation Program.
Information about the operation at Chalas was provided by Brooks and Jorgensen.
Accounts of Fenty's conversations were provided by Kristen Fenty and Nicholson. Information about Kristen's delivery came from her and Miller.
The story of the L-RAS incident that Keating investigated is drawn from Keating's ”Memorandum for the Record: AR 15-6 Investigation Concerning the Destruction of LRAS, Serial Number: 0582, on Abbas Ghar Ridge,” obtained by the author, and from letters Keating wrote to his father describing his feelings about the matter.
With a script by Iva Hoth and ill.u.s.trations by Andre Le Blanc, The Picture Bible The Picture Bible was published by David C. Cook in 1978. was published by David C. Cook in 1978.
Keating's conversations were drawn from his emails home as well as from interviews with Beth Keating and Timmons.
Chapter 5: ”This Whole Thing Is a Bad Idea”
Accounts of the Chalas operation were provided by Brooks, Jorgensen, Netzel, and Berkoff.
Details about the helicopter crash were drawn from the Army's investigation into the incident, as well as from interviews with Nicholson, Metheny, Rozman, Berkoff, Timmons, Brooks, Pilozzi, Cavoli, and Sears. The comments that Task Force Centaur's commanders had done the troops ”an injustice by sending them to war before they were ready,” that the ”proficiency of crew members is not up to standards,” and that the Task Force was ”at best marginally prepared to conduct air operations” in Afghanistan were taken from the report on the Army's investigation into the helicopter crash.
Descriptions of the conversation between Joe and Kristen Fenty were provided in interviews with Kristen Fenty and Miller.
Chapter 6: Maybe That's Just the Wind Blowing the Door
The aftermath of the accident was described by Brooks, Pilozzi, Timmons, and Nicholson. Information about thermal imaging and other details came from the report on the Army's investigation into the crash, obtained by the author.
The account of Kristen Fenty's hearing the news came from interviews with her, Richard and Gretchen Timmons, Nicholson, and Howard.
The emails from Ben Keating were provided by his father.
Chapter 7: Monuments to an Empire's Hubris
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