The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice (52 page)
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Authors: Vanessa M. Gezari
“I want to retire to obscurity and raise llamas”:
McFate, interview by author, July 1, 2010.
Clint Cooper had returned to Afghanistan briefly after Loyd’s attack:
Cooper, interviews by author, April 19–22, 2010, and January 15, 2013.
Don Ayala had gone home to New Orleans and returned to painting:
Ayala, interview by author, January 4, 2013.
“Your daughter was a remarkable public servant”:
Letter of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Patricia Ward, June 1, 2010.
NDEX
Abu Ghraib abuses,
118
Adamson, Bill,
29
Afghanistan, Afghans,
32
,
69
–99,
120
,
123
,
125
,
167
–95,
197
,
243
n,
257
n
agriculture in,
11
,
47
,
56
,
86
–87,
89
,
92
,
94
,
170
,
174
–75,
182
,
185
–86,
188
,
190
,
274
n,
312
n
Abdul Salam and,
133
–35,
137
,
204
,
206
–8,
216
bombings in,
27
,
35
,
64
,
75
–76,
88
,
127
,
131
–39,
141
,
144
–47,
153
–62,
169
,
186
,
190
,
201
,
208
,
210
,
223
,
240
n,
271
n,
273
n,
275
n,
294
n,
296
n
–98
n,
307
n
Canada and,
84
,
169
–70,
207
,
268
n–
69
n,
272
n
casualties in,
14
,
26
,
35
,
59
–60,
63
,
65
,
74
,
76
,
84
,
88
–89,
96
,
133
–36,
139
,
141
,
161
–62,
167
–68,
202
–3,
221
,
270
n,
273
n,
294
n
–98
n,
307
n,
325
n
–26
n
children in,
7
–8,
11
–13,
19
,
57
,
60
,
74
–75,
80
,
85
,
87
,
93
,
95
,
98
–99,
134
–35,
156
–57,
182
–85,
187
,
207
,
213
–14,
222
,
232
n
–34
n,
263
n,
276
n,
296
n,
322
n
Cooper’s interrogation of detainees in,
72
–77,
263
n
–64
n
corruption in,
7
,
21
,
58
,
86
,
93
,
96
,
137
,
174
–75,
203
,
237
n,
276
n
counterinsurgency in,
1
–2,
10
,
42
–43,
83
,
134
,
136
,
174
–76,
187
–89,
238
n,
249
n,
253
n,
294
n
–95
n,
307
n
cultural intelligence and,
2
–3,
10
,
31
,
41
,
165
,
171
–73,
175
–77,
187
–88,
190
–92,
195
,
198
difficulty in finding hard facts in,
205
–6
drug trade in,
7
,
11
,
86
–87,
91
,
97
,
174
–75,
203
–4,
271
n
–72
n,
278
n
education in,
7
,
11
,
14
–15,
56
–57,
61
–62,
65
,
80
,
88
,
95
,
98
,
136
,
185
,
191
,
209
,
232
n,
234
n,
322
n
ethnic groups in,
171
–72,
182
,
184
,
226
Great Britain and,
84
,
177
–78,
186
–87,
190
,
192
,
209
,
269
n
–70
n,
311
n
health care in,
56
–57,
180
–87,
311
n–
12
n
HTS and,
1
–3,
7
,
10
–11,
40
,
44
–46,
77
,
81
–83,
89
–96,
99
,
138
,
161
–65,
167
–73,
177
–87,
189
–95,
199
–200,
225
,
255
n,
267
n
–68
n,
275
n,
291
n,
303
n
–4
n,
306
n,
311
n
–12
n,
315
–17
n
immolations in,
127
–28,
130
,
135
,
206
,
208
–9
insurgency in,
10
,
12
–13,
25
,
44
–46,
58
–59,
62
,
65
–66,
72
,
74
–76,
83
,
86
–88,
90
,
94
–96,
130
,
134
–36,
174
–77,
186
,
190
–91,
195
,
199
–203,
209
–10,
213
–14,
216
–17,
221
–22,
268
n,
271
n,
273
n,
276
n,
310
n
–11
n
Karzai’s treatment of,
79
–80,
265
n
lack of U.S. expertise on,
173
–75
languages spoken in,
6
,
72
,
74
–75,
90
,
163
–64,
172
–73,
184
,
188
,
263
n,
304
n
Loyd’s military career and,
56
–59,
259
n
–61
n
McChrystal’s assessment of,
176
–77,
252
n,
310
n
male-on-male affection in,
81
,
266
n,
273
n
misogyny in,
199
,
206
,
208
–10,
322
n
NATO and,
59
,
64
–65,
83
,
87
,
134
–35,
175
–77,
179
,
187
,
190
,
294
n–
95
n,
311
n
need for cooperation between military and civilian workers in,
64
–66,
261
n
Pakistani border with,
44
,
60
,
87
reconciliation commission of,
202
–3,
211
,
320
n
refugees and,
73
–74,
95
,
186
,
210
,
263
n
Soviet war in,
7
,
24
–25,
31
,
44
,
61
,
79
,
85
,
89
–91,
171
–72,
210
,
238
n,
263
n,
311
n
Taliban and,
7
,
9
,
26
,
59
,
73
–74,
76
,
78
–79,
83
,
85
–86,
88
,
91
,
93
–96,
99
,
134
–37,
172
,
174
–75,
177
,
179
,
188
,
190
,
199
–210,
213
–14,
216
–18,
222
,
224
,
261
n,
263
n
–64
n,
295
n,
311
n,
319
n
–21
n,
323
n
–25
n
U.S. troop commitments in,
1
,
10
,
25
,
174
,
177
,
187
,
309
n
–10
n,
316
n
U.S. war in,
25
–26,
39
,
43
,
66
,
72
,
74
,
76
,
78
,
82
–87,
90
,
106
,
118
,
133
–37,
151
,
169
,
174
–77,
182
,
195
,
202
–3,
208
,
210
,
241
n,
248
n
–49
n,
252
n
–53
n,
271
n
–72
n,
275
n,
277
n
–78
n,
297
n,
309
n
–10
n,
315
n
–16
n
women and girls in,
6
–7,
12
,
17
,
56
–59,
62
–63,
80
–81,
84
–85,
91
,
93
–94,
136
,
171
–72,
177
–87,
190
,
192
,
199
–200,
206
,
208
–10,
220
,
226
,
234
n,
259
n,
266
n,
270
n,
275
n,
296
n,
311
n
–12
n,
319
n
–23
n
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission,
161
agriculture:
in Afghanistan,
11
,
47
,
56
,
86
–87,
89
,
92
,
94
,
170
,
174
–75,
182
,
185
–86,
188
,
190
,
274
n,
312
n
Agriculture Department, U.S.,
58
,
60
Ahmadullah, Hajji (Hajji Lala),
221
–23,
325
n
Al Fathy,
214
–15
American Anthropological Association (AAA),
118
,
122
,
125
,
191
,
291
n,
315
n
American Enterprise Institute,
248
n
American Geographical Society,
40
,
251
n
anthropology,
34
,
39
,
82
,
110
–26,
251
n,
315
n
in Bali,
120
–21