Militarily and in the Intelligence Community to meet the challenge of this new enemy and more than anyone i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping the evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine which is what we adopted as the primary method of defending the country. Thank you for being here, great to see you. Thanks for two kind introduction. I thought of you as a nonfiction writer but you have gone into fiction now. You were the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan and there have been a rapid evolution. I am familiar from writing blackhawk down the way things were nearly 90s. Can you give us an idea of the overall strategy that has evolved and we will get to specifics but also the tactics you have developed . A group of people did. Thanks. Taking it back a little bit at the end of the vietnam war as america has done at the end of other wars special operations units that are created essentially get gutted or disbanded entirel
Thank you very much. Thank you for coming out. I guess its a i think its a wonderful opportunity. The jet l man sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. For anyone who is pays attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11, the United States has had to evolve militarily in our Intelligence Community in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i think of general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine with which is what i think we have adopted as the method defending the country. Thank you for being here, its great to see you. Thank you, mark thank you for the too kind introduction. I know that, you know, our you are the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan, and there has been a rapid evolution. Im familiar from writing black hawk down with the way thing were in the early 90s. Can you give us a
See what they have, talk to the people. These are your maybe the neighbors. These are your neighbors. For more information on booktvs recent visit to santa fe, new mexico, go to cspan. Org localcontent. And now, general Stanley Mcchrystal discusses his memoir, my share of the task. In the book the former commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan recounts the major turning points in his 34year military career which ended in 2010. This is about an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think this is a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. [laughter] for anyone who is, pays attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11 the United States has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that
Booktv is going to be live for the next three hours. We are going to begin our conversation, of course, inviting you to join us a little but later with the author of the new book, black hawk down. His name is mark bowden. This is the book. We were looking at it, a New York Times bestseller list that comes out tomorrow. And i know youre not surprised because you ought probably know already, but you are number eight. That still great to hear. What is that like . It is thrilling. I have been writing for 20 or 25 years. This is my third book. So it is thrilling, it is a fantasy that i think all writers have. What you think this book how do you think it is different than the other books and why it has gone popular . I think the subject matter of combat and war has a built in constituency with the military. What has happened with this book is that it spilled over even from that into a more general leadership. Because i do think there is such an amazing true story. I can say that because i di
Members, shall we say were not fond of israelis. Consequently was constrained and the need to keep the war going on long enough the israelis would want to to retaliate for being had by Saddam Hussein. At the same time, the desire among many within the middle east for an arab solution must turn if he went further towards baghdad and took over back dad by forests, that this would create greater amity among arab members to be that in some ways as the reestablishment of western colonialism. But theres a very important distinction, a revelation she was in the archives and theres always the questions when the decision comes out about whether or not American Forces should continue on to baghdad in 1991. This was not a discussion within the white house for a very important reason. The ultimate goal beyond the liberation of kuwait was removal of Saddam Hussein from power. There was a 100 certainty on highlevel officials that this would happen anyway. Saddam hussein had embarrassed. His own army