AUTHOR'S NOTELIST OF MAPSCAST OF CHARACTERSINTRODUCTIONPART ONE: BLIND INTO BATTLE,ONE: “Something Has Happened to Khalid”TWO: Judgment DayTHREE: Friends Like TheseFOUR: Risk ManagementFIVE: Catastrophic SuccessPART TWO: LOSING THE PEACE,SIX: Small ChangeSEVEN: Taliban for KarzaiEIGHT: The EnigmaNINE: “His Rules Were Different Than Our Rules”TEN: Mr. BigELEVEN: Ambassador vs. AmbassadorTWELVE: Digging a Hole in the OceanTHIRTEEN: RadicalsPART THREE: THE BEST INTENTIONS,FOURTEEN: Suicide DetectivesFIFTEEN: Plan AfghanistanSIXTEEN: Murder and the Deep StateSEVENTEEN: Hard DataEIGHTEEN: Tough LoveNINETEEN: Terror and the Deep StateTWENTY: The New Big DogsTWENTY-ONE: Losing KarzaiTWENTY-TWO: A War to Give People a ChancePART FOUR: THE END OF ILLUSION,TWENTY-THREE: The One-man C.I.A.TWENTY-FOUR: The Conflict Resolution CellTWENTY-FIVE: Kayani 2.0TWENTY-SIX: Lives and LimbsTWENTY-SEVEN: Kayani 3.0TWENTY-EIGHT: HostagesTWENTY-NINE: Dragon’s BreathTHIRTY: Martyrs DayTHIRTY-ONE: Fight and TalkTHIRTY-TWO: The Afghan HandTHIRTY-THREE: Homicide DivisionTHIRTY-FOUR: Self-inflicted WoundsTHIRTY-FIVE: Coups d’EtatEPILOGUE: VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX