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Poynter, Frances,
102
–9,
111
–12,
280
n

Price, David,
118
,
289
n

Prinslow, Karl,
252
n

Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs),
248
n

Loyd and,
58
–64,
261
n

in Zabul,
60
–64

Qala Khan, Hajji,
204
–5

Salam and,
205
,
207
–8,
210
,
213
,
321
n
–22
n

Qalat,
60
,
62

Ramirez, Mequilita,
102

Ramrod, Forward Operating Base,
93
,
132
,
172
,
221
,
272
n,
325
n
–26
n

physical appearance of,
69
–70,
262
n

RAND Corporation,
116
–17

rapport,
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,
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–88
n

Rath, Joshua L.,
298
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Rathje, Mike,
56
–57

Republicans,
285
n

Research Triangle Institute International,
66
–67

Reuters,
323
n
–24
n

Rich, Michael:

Ayala’s sentencing and,
156
–59

military career of,
157
,
301
n
–2
n

and Salam,
157
–59

Riefenstahl, Leni,
112

Rohde, David,
320

Route Irish,
152

Rumsfeld, Donald,
35
,
249
n

Sabari,
162

Sadoo Khan, Hajji,
203
–5

on bandits in Maiwand,
209
,
323
n

on independent Afghans vs. slaves,
210

Salam and,
203
–4,
208
,
213
,
322
n
–23
n

and story of stolen tractor,
208

on women,
209
,
322
n
–23
n

Sagarin, Rafe,
51
,
257
n

Said, Edward,
119

St. Thomas,
51
,
54
,
129
,
256
n

Salam, Abdul,
13
–16,
199
–208,
210
–23,
319
n
–26
n

alleged mental illness of,
22
,
211
–15,
217
–19,
222
,
324
n

arson in history of,
218
–19

attempted escape of,
208

and Ayala,
146
,
154
–55,
157
–59

brother of,
204
,
210
,
212
–13,
215
,
218
–23

capture of,
19
–22,
211
–12,
236
n
–37
n,
301
n,
321
n

childhood of,
204
,
218

Ehsan on,
217
–18

emotions of,
213
,
215

employment of,
14
–15,
204
,
207
,
215
,
218
–20,
324
n

father of,
204
–5,
207
–8,
212
–13,
218
–20,
321
n

Loyd attacked by,
16
,
204
–6,
211
–13,
217
–19,
321
n
–22
n,
326
n

Qala Khan and,
205
,
207
–8,
210
,
213
,
321
n
–22
n

release of body of,
215
–16,
323
n

Sadoo Khan and,
203
–4,
208
,
213
,
322
n
–23
n

shooting of,
22
,
127
–28,
131
–39,
144
–47,
153
–60,
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,
208
,
210
,
212
,
215
–16,
219
–20,
237
n,
292
n
–94
n,
301
n,
321
n,
324
n
–25
n

story of stolen tractor of,
204
,
208
,
215
,
219
–20

as symbol,
223

Taliban and,
204
–5,
207
–8,
214
–15,
217
–19,
222
,
321
n,
324
n

Salang Tunnel,
80
,
265
n
–66
n

San Antonio, Tex.,
48
,
50
,
130

Santwier, Andi,
78
,
80
,
139
,
225

Ayala’s sentencing and,
153
–54,
160

Sanusi of Cyrenaica, The
(Evans-Pritchard),
113

Sapone, Sean,
115
–17

Scales, Robert H.,
28

Schweitzer, Martin “Marty,”
45
–46,
194
,
254
n
–55
n

September 11th,
24
–25,
30
,
39
,
43
,
55
,
71
,
78
–79,
144
,
151
,
175
,
179
,
241
n

Settlement
1
,
180
–86

Sewall, Sarah,
42

Sherzai, Abdul Razik,
216
–17

Sherzai, Gul Agha,
86
,
216
,
271
n

Shiites, Shia,
31
,
180
,
243
n
–44
n

Shinseki, Eric,
34
–35,
246
n

Singesar,
85
,
270
n
–71
n

Skotnicki, Justin,
19
,
21
,
127
,
212
,
236
n,
237
n

Slaikeu, Karl,
169
–70,
307
n

Sluka, Jeffrey A.,
284
n

Smith, Don,
38
,
41
,
44
,
250
n,
252
n,
254
n

Solomon, Wendy,
259
n

Sosh,
32
,
244
n

Soviet-Afghan War,
7
,
31
,
44
,
61
,
79
,
210
,
263
n,
311
n

Grau and,
25
,
238
n

Gusinov and,
89
–91

Mujaheddin and,
24
–25,
85
,
90
,
171
–72

Soviet Union,
60
,
79

fall of,
23
,
38
,
238
n

Foreign Military Studies Office and,
25
,
238
n

and Gusinov’s move to U.S.,
89
–90

Soyka, Michael,
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n

Special Operations Research Office (SORO),
123

Spen (HTS analyst),
172
–73,
307
n
–8
n

State Department, U.S.,
66
,
120
,
145
,
198
,
226
,
243
n,
245
n,
248
n

Karzai’s bodyguard detail and,
78
,
152
,
266
n

Project Camelot and,
123
,
290
n
–91
n

PRTs and,
58
,
60
,
64

Status of Forces Agreement,
173

structural functionalism,
114

Sturgis, Milan,
303
n

Sudan,
113

Sunrise,
147
–49

Supreme Court, U.S.,
143
,
298
n

Suveges, Nicole,
162
,
167
–68

Tactical Ground Reporting System (TIGR),
243
n,
253
n

Tajiks,
78
–79,
170
,
276
n

Taliban,
237
n,
273
n
–76
n

Afghanistan and,
7
,
9
,
26
,
59
,
73
–74,
76
,
78
–79,
83
,
85
–86,
88
,
91
,
93
–96,
99
,
134
–37,
172
,
174
–75,
177
,
179
,
188
,
190
,
199
–210,
213
–14,
216
–18,
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,
224
,
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n,
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–64
n,
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n,
311
n,
319
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–21
n,
323
n–
25
n

Arman and,
61
–62

assassination campaigns of,
203
,
320
n

Cooper and,
73
–76,
263
n
–64
n

fall of,
55
,
73
,
78
–79,
86
,
175

HTS and,
83
,
94

Jack Bauer and,
12
–13,
234
n

Karzai and,
78
–79,
95
,
202

Loyd’s death and,
155
,
199
–200,
204
,
206
,
213
–14,
216
–17,
319
n,
323
n
–25
n

Maiwand,
14
,
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–86,
88
,
91
,
93
–96,
99
,
201
,
214
,
235
n,
270
n
–71
n

night letters and,
179
,
311
n

origins of,
85
,
270
n

Pakistan and,
61
,
79
,
86
,
202
–3,
210

reintegration of,
174
,
202
,
320
n

Salam and,
204
–5,
207
–8,
214
–15,
217
–19,
222
,
321
n,
324
n

in Zabul,
62
–63

Teamey, Kyle,
253
n

Team Spirit,
33

technology,
23
–27,
39

cultural intelligence and,
24
–25,
29
,
238
n
–39
n

Grau and,
25
,
38
,
239
n

Iraq and,
26
–27,
35
,
239
n,
248
n

and U.S. war in Afghanistan,
26
,
249
n,
277
n

terrorists, terrorism,
3
,
45
,
66
,
110
,
118
,
155
,
164
,
233
n

Ayala’s sentencing and,
157
–58

IRA and,
112
–13

on September 11th,
24
–25,
30
,
39
,
43
,
55
,
71
,
78
–79,
144
,
151
,
175
,
179
,
241
n

targeting of,
10
,
176
,
252
n
–53
n,
310
n

Thailand,
124
–25

Toledo, Lucy,
264
n

Tom Cruise,
11
,
22
,
211
,
237
n

Tracy (HTS social scientist),
45
–46,
255
n

Trader Vic’s,
103

tribes, tribal systems,
34
,
56
,
81
,
94
–97,
116
,
124
,
137
,
216

cultural intelligence and,
3
,
10
,
29
–31,
242
n
–43
n,
249
n,
277
n

HTS and,
45
–46,
88
–89,
91

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