The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice (61 page)

Karzai and,
78
–79

in Maiwand,
88
–89,
91
,
94
–96,
99

and need for cooperation between military and civilian workers,
65
–66,
261
n

and U.S. war in Afghanistan,
26
,
86

Truman, Harry,
245
n

Twilight of the Idols
(Nietzsche),
110

Umar, Mohammad (Salam’s father),
204
–5,
207
–8,
212
–13,
218
–20,
321
n

on Ayala,
219
–20

on son’s history of arson,
218
–19

on story of stolen tractor,
219
–20

United Nations,
7
,
26
,
113

Afghanistan and,
63
–65,
134
,
295
n,
313
n

United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
169
,
248
n,
296
n

and Loyd,
56
,
60
,
161
,
261
n

and PRTs,
58
,
60
,
64

U.S. Army Field Manual
2
–0,
314
n

U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual,
42
–44,
252
n
–53
n

United States Sentencing Commission,
300
n

Urgent Fury, Operation,
33
,
151

use-of-force continuum,
138

Vietnam, Vietnam War,
2
,
23
–25,
41
,
58
,
122
,
133
,
157
,
192
,
248
n,
290
n
–91
n,
294
n

ethnography and,
30
–31

Fondacaro and,
32
–34,
244
n

France and,
34
,
245
n

opposition to,
32
,
124
,
244
n

Phoenix Program and,
191
,
314
n

villages, villagers,
65
,
74
,
109
,
124
,
175
,
79
,
182
,
202
,
237
n,
263
n,
271
n,
276
n
–78
n

in Bali,
120
–21

cultural intelligence and,
3
,
195
,
277
n

HTS and,
81
,
92
–96

Loyd’s military career and,
56
,
259
n

Maiwand and,
95
–96,
98
–99,
215
–16,
235
n

Salam and,
206
,
215
–16,
319
n
–20
n

Zabul and,
61
–63

violence,
205
,
214

combat-stress related injuries and,
146
–47,
155

HTS Khost mission and,
46
,
255
n

Kabul and,
64
,
240
n,
270
n

Kandahar and,
55
,
86
,
207
–10

Salam and,
154
–56,
223

see also
bombs, bombers, bombing

Voelkel, Trevor,
262
n,
297
n
–98
n

Votel, Joseph,
35
–36,
44
,
246
n

Walker, Steve,
258
n,
260
n

Ward, Patty (Loyd’s mother):

and attack on daughter,
129
–30

Ayala’s sentencing and,
156
–57,
160

and daughter’s childhood and adolescence,
48
–51,
54

daughter’s death and,
141
,
156
–57

daughter’s education and,
48
,
53
,
256
n,
261
n

daughter’s legacy and,
226

daughter’s medical treatment and,
140
,
146

daughter’s military career and,
258
n,
260
n

letter in support of Ayala by,
145
–46

and shooting of Salam,
132
,
146
,
301
n

Warren, Mike,
97
,
267
n

and Ayala’s arrest and imprisonment,
138
,
294
n

HTS and,
82
,
89
,
92
,
278
n,
320
n

Salam and,
153
,
217
,
294
n,
320
n

Washington, D.C.,
55
,
64
,
116
–17,
139
,
163
,
179
,
274
n

Wellesley College,
1
,
7
,
52
–53,
56
,
99
,
226
,
258
n

Westerberg, Cecil (Barney West),
103
–5,
279
n

Weston Resolve,
163
–65

West Point,
31
–32,
45
,
244
n
–45
n,
273
n

Wiker, Gretchen,
49

Wilson, Cintra,
108
–9,
196
–97

Wilson, Dr. (alias),
307

Wilson, Woodrow,
40
,
245
n

Wolf, Eric,
125
,
291
n

women:

Bedouin,
56
–57

FET and,
177
,
311
n

in Iraq,
36
,
40
,
189
,
248
n

Loyd and,
56
–58,
62
–63,
93
–94,
226

in Maiwand,
209
,
275
n,
322
n
–23
n

marriages and,
36
,
56
–58,
206
,
209
,
247
n

misogyny and,
199
,
206
,
208
–10,
321
n
–22
n

Sadoo Khan on,
209
,
322
n
–23
n

see also under
Afghanistan

Woodrow Wilson Center,
64
–66,
261
n

World Basic Information Library,
39
–40,
252
n

World War I,
40
,
121
–22,
241
n

World War II,
48
,
103
–4,
107
,
113
,
241
n,
283
n

anthropology and,
122
,
289
n

geography and,
40
,
251
n

Yale University,
113
–14

Zabul,
226

Arman and,
61
–62

Loyd in,
60
–64,
66
,
96
–97,
161
,
261
n

PRT in,
60
–64

Zadran,
45
–46

Zhari,
269
n
–71
n,
273
n

Zinni, Anthony,
24

Zulu wars,
269
n

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The tender soldier : a true story of war and sacrifice / Vanessa M. Gezari.

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1. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 2. Loyd, Paula. 3. United States. Army. Human Terrain System. 4. Counterinsurgency—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 5. Applied anthropology—Afghanistan. 6. Anthropologists—United States—Biography. 7. Cooper, Clint. 8. Ayala, Don. 9. Applied anthropology—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. 10. Social sciences—Research—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. DS371.4123.M35 2013 958.104’71—dc23

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