“The subsequent failures in Iraq shouldn’t take away from what American troops accomplished during what may well be the biggest comeback ever in a guerrilla war….Mansoor provides the definitive account of how it was accomplished…Mansoor is superbly positioned to tell the story, not only because of his academic training but also because for 15 months during the Surge he served as Gen. Petraeus’s right-hand man…A fascinating combination of grand strategy and personal vignettes.” –Max Boot, Wall Street Journal 

In honor of Veterans Day and our November American History theme (#YUPnov) we are proud to release this video book teaser for Peter Mansoor‘s Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War.  Told by a member of General David Petraeus’s personal staff, this is the first full insider account of the 2007-8 troop surge in Iraq, revealing how the strategy was devised and implemented, who supported the effort and who didn’t, and how the surge changed Iraqi history. Watch and learn from Mansoor’s insights about “the misinformation regarding the Iraq War.”