Analyzing the careers of an elite quartet--General John Abizaid, General George Casey Jr., General Peter Chiarelli, and General David Petraeus, Jaffe shows how the most powerful military force in the world entered a major war unprepared, and how the Army, drawing on this reservoir of talent that few thought it possessed, saved itself from crushing defeat against a ruthless, low-tech foe.

G-2 Reading List 2016

Age of anarchy -- Abizaidland -- The new centurions -- The Department -- The trophy -- No job for amateurs -- Sheikh of sheikhs -- "We didn't know" -- All glory is fleeting -- The bunker in Jadiriyah -- "What would you do, Lieutenant?" -- The Army of the Tigris -- Big Green.