Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War

Sean Naylor’s Not a Good Day to Die (Naylor 2005) recounts the courage and organizational mishaps by SOF and coalition conventional forces in the one of the largest military operations in the post-9/11 era, Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, which took place in March 2002.

Before the invasion he had neglected to prepare for the political implications of landing on French soil. Stung by that failure, he now devoted far too much attention to the consequences of the Darlan deal.