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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences," he told a skeptical nation. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them.Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad, and almost every grueling step of the way. What was the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines.



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David Finkel

David Finkel: Serial Entrepreneur and Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestselling Author

David is an ex-Olympic level athlete turned business multimillionaire. He is a Wall Street Journal and Business Week best- selling author of 9 business and financial books, including co-authoring SCALE with Priceline.com cofounder Jeff Hoffman.

David is the founder and CEO of Maui Mastermind®, one of the world's premier business coaching company which has worked with over 100,000 business owners, helping them grow their companies and get their lives back. David's clients enjoy an average annual growth rate of 64.2% while at the same time increase their companies' "Owner Independence" by an average of 97.4% per year. Over the past 20 years, David and the other Maui coaches and advisors have personally started and scaled companies with an aggregate value of $63 billion.

His weekly business owner eletter is read by 100,000 business owners around the world and his syndicated business articles on Inc.com and Huffingtonpost.com garner over 150,000 readers every year. His work has been featured in such prestigious media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, International Business Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fox Business, MSNBC, and Inc. Magazine.

An in demand keynote speaker, David's message of how to grow a business by strengthening its core systems, team, and culture has galvanized business audiences around the globe.

He and his wife Heather, and their three young sons live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.


Bragging rights:
1) Wall Street Journal and Business Week Best-Selling Author of over 25 books and home study courses 2) ?Featured in over 6,000 newspapers and periodicals in the United States. 3) Syndicated eletter is read by over 100,000 business owners weekly 4) ?Past member of United States National Field Hockey Team (2 years Captain) 5) ??Pan Am Games Bronze medalist



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