Part 42 (1/2)
Information about the plans to go to Kamdesh District and the meeting with the Kamdesh elders was taken from interviews with Swain, Snyder, Howard, Fisher, Byers, Timmons, and Berkoff.
The differences between Donahue's and Nicholson's views were extrapolated from interviews with both men.
Biographical information about Tamim Nuristani came from an interview with him.
Information about Snyder's mission and subsequent ambush was provided in interviews with Snyder, Swain, Howard, Fisher, and Nicholson.
Information on the village-hopping plan was furnished by Howard and Berkoff. Details about the specific mission to Hill 2610 came from interviews with Howard, Flores, Schmidt, Brooks, Cunningham, and Grzecki.
Information on the illegal timber industry came from Yaroslav Trofimov, ”Taliban Capitalize On Afghan Logging Ban,” Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2010, in addition to interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kolenda (source for book 2) and Lieutentant Colonel Brad Brown (source for books 2 and 3). April 10, 2010, in addition to interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kolenda (source for book 2) and Lieutentant Colonel Brad Brown (source for books 2 and 3).
Information about Jared Monti was shared by his father, Paul Monti.
Chapter 8: Hill 2610
Information about the mission to Hill 2610 came from the Army investigation into the incident, as well as from interviews with Howard, Flores, Cunningham, Paul Monti, Hawes, Garner, Grzecki, Chambers, Smith, Linnihan, and Berkoff.
Information about Pat Lybert was provided by his mother, Cheryl Lee Nussberger (now Cheryl Lee Patrick).
Paul Monti expressed his thoughts during an interview.
Information about Brian Bradbury came from an interview with his mother, Rhonda Bradbury, and from a conversation he had with Garner.
Information about Heathe Craig was gleaned from an interview with his widow, Judy.
Details about the aftermath of the operation at Hill 2610 were taken from interviews with Nicholson, Howard, Berkoff, and Schmidt.
Chapter 9: ”This Will Happen to You”
Information about the issues with the road came from an interview with Sugrue.
Whittaker recalled his concerns during an interview.
Information about the air a.s.sault onto Landing Zone Warheit was provided in interviews with Schmidt, Johnson, and Howard.
Information about projects in the area was gathered from interviews with Schmidt, Howard, Sugrue, Snyder, and Lang. Other information was taken from The National Risk and Vulnerability a.s.sessment 2005, The National Risk and Vulnerability a.s.sessment 2005, published by the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and the Central Statistics Office. published by the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and the Central Statistics Office.
Information about medical aid for locals came from Schmidt, Johnson, and Araujo, as well as from ISAF cables about the incidents.
Information about Yunus and his murder was derived from interviews with Nicholson and Sugrue, Keating's letters, intelligence sources, and ISAF cables.
Some information about the development projects was taken from Scott Peterson, ”In Afghanistan, U.S. Troops Tackle Aid Projectsand Skepticism,” Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2006; and idem, ”Spinning Pop Tunes to Beat the Taliban,” October 2, 2006; and idem, ”Spinning Pop Tunes to Beat the Taliban,” Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2006. October 4, 2006.
Chapter 10: The Abstract Threat of Terror
Brooks's view of the outpost was conveyed in an interview with him.
The patrol up the hill to Kamdesh was described in interviews with Howard, Feagin, Johnson, Larson, Araujo, Howe, and Raynor.
Netzel described the patrol with Keating in an interview, and Keating wrote home about his experiences in letters shared by his father.
Chapter 11: The Enemy Gets a Vote
Information about the September 11, 2006, ambush came from interviews with Cline, Pa.s.sman, Saenz, Boulio, Cerezo, and Netzel.
Information about the meeting between Gooding and Howard was taken from interviews with them.
Information on adrenaline was taken from Dave Grossman and Bruce K. Siddle, ”Psychological Effects of Combat,” Academic Press, 2000.
Keating's thoughts and remarks were excerpted from letters and emails to his father and to Gooding.
Information about the visit to Mandigal was provided in interviews with Saenz and Boulio.
Information about tensions between Keating and Gooding was taken from letters from Keating to his parents and interviews with Gooding.
Matthew Cole, ”Watching Afghanistan Fall,” Salon.com, February 27, 2007.
Information about the shura came from interviews with Gooding, Feagin, and Cole.
Collateral-damage information was furnished by many troops interviewed who asked not to be identified.
Stambersky provided information about the ambush on his convoy, as did Berkoff and Gooding.
The account of the s.h.i.+ft from PRT to outpost is based on interviews with Nicholson, Howard, Feagin, Berkoff, and Gooding.
Chapter 12: Matthias the Macedonian and the LMTV
Information about Howard's order to drive the LMTV to the Kamdesh outpost came from Stambersky, Brooks, Berkoff, Sutton, and Gooding. When asked about it, Howard himself said he had no recollection of giving the order.