"History." . . "Gericke, Bradley T." . . . . . . . "David Petraeus A Biography" . . . . . . "Electronic resource" . "Biographie" . . "Synopsis: David Petraeus: A Biography offers an objective assessment of the life and career of the man who is arguably the most important military figure of the decade and certainly an officer who has had an enormous impact on U.S. military strategy and policy. The biography examines the full range of Petraeus's experiences, from his youth in New York to his involvement with the 101st Airborne Division to the 2007 MoveOn.org controversy. The author, a military historian and army strategist, explores the general's considerable influence on officer development, as well as the ways in which his integration of diplomatic, economic, and informational components into military campaigns have transformed the Department of Defense's approach to warfare. Readers will be able to clearly trace Petraeus's rise to prominence and discover how his actions have shaped, and been shaped by, current events in the United States and the Middle East." . . . "David Petraeus a biography"@en . . . . . . "David Petraeus : a biography" . . . . . "David Petraeus" . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . . . . "With the war in Iraq going poorly, General David Petraeus supervised the writing of a new counterinsurgency doctrine, which he put into practice in the \"surge\" that changed the course of the conflict. The duty of a leader, Petraeus proclaims, is to \"get the big ideas right.\" How successful has he been at achieving this aim during his lengthy service in the U.S. Army?"@en . "With the war in Iraq going poorly, General David Petraeus supervised the writing of a new counterinsurgency doctrine, which he put into practice in the \"surge\" that changed the course of the conflict. The duty of a leader, Petraeus proclaims, is to \"get the big ideas right.\" How successful has he been at achieving this aim during his lengthy service in the U.S. Army?" . . . . "Military Science." . . "Generals." . . "2003 - 2011" . . "Iraq War, 2003-" . . "Army." . . "Petraeus, David Howell." . . "United States." . . "Biography." . .