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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2022007217 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593492048 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593492048 |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
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SKYRV |
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MiTN |
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pcc |
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| Classification number |
DS371.413 |
| Item number |
.A25 2022 |
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| Classification number |
958.104/745 |
| Edition number |
23/eng/20220316 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
958.1047 ACK |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ackerman, Elliot, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The fifth act : |
| Remainder of title |
America's end in Afghanistan / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Elliot Ackerman. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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Afghanistan. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
America's end in Afghanistan. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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2208. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
276 pages : |
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photographs, illustrations : |
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24 cm. |
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text |
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txt |
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unmediated |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Act I The convoy of 109 -- Act II The second convoy -- Act III The north gate -- Act IV The abbey gate -- Act V The fifth act. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war's echoing legacy Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and, later, as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. When the Taliban began to close in on Kabul in August of 2021 and the Afghan regime began its death spiral, he found himself pulled back into the conflict. Afghan nationals who had, for years, worked closely with the American military and intelligence communities now faced brutal reprisal and sought frantically to flee the country with their families. The official US government evacuation process was a bureaucratic failure that led to a humanitarian catastrophe. With his former colleagues, and friends, protecting the airport in Kabul, Ackerman was drawn into an impromptu effort alongside a group of journalists, and other veterans, to arrange flights and negotiate with both Taliban and American forces to secure the safe evacuation of hundreds. These were desperate measures taken during a desperate end to America's longest war, but the success they achieved afforded a degree of redemption. And, for Ackerman, a chance to reconcile his past with his present. The Fifth Act is an astonishing human document that brings the weight of twenty years of war to bear on a single week at its bitter end. Using the dramatic rescue efforts in Kabul as his lattice, Ackerman weaves in a personal history of the war's long progress, beginning with the initial invasion in the months after 9/11. It is a play in five acts, the fifth act being the story's tragic denouement, a prelude to Afghanistan's dark future. Any reader who wants to understand what went wrong with the war's trajectory will find a trenchant accounting here. And yet The Fifth Act is not an exercise in finger-pointing: it brings readers into close contact with a remarkable group of characters, American and Afghan, who fought the war with courage and dedication, in good faith and at great personal cost. Understanding combatants' experiences and sacrifices while reckoning with the complex bottom line of the post-9/11 wars is not an easy balance; it demands reservoirs of wisdom and the gifts of an extraordinary storyteller. It asks for an author willing to grapple with certain hard-earned truths. In Elliot Ackerman, this story has found that author. The Fifth Act is a first draft of history that feels like a timeless classic"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ackerman, Elliot. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Central Intelligence Agency. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Marine Corps. |
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Marine Regiment, 8th. |
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Battalion, 1st. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| Form subdivision |
Personal narratives, American. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| General subdivision |
Evacuation of civilians. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| General subdivision |
Peace. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Disengagement (Military science) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Paramilitary forces |
| Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Personal narratives. |
| Source of term |
lcgft. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Relationship information |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Ackerman, Elliot. |
| Title |
Fifth act |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Penguin Press, 2022 |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780593492055 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2022007218. |