The mirror test: America at war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Prologue: Twentynine Palms, California

Part I. The wrong war. Quagmire ; Friends and enemies ; Phantom fury or new dawn? ; Happy birthday ; The potato factory ; Clear, hold, build ; Helo down ; Collaboration ; KIA in Mayberry ; When senators and generals talk ; Sara al-Jumaili and the last Grand Mufti ; A farewell to Fallujah ; The 93 ; To Monument Valley

Part II. The right war. Deeper into the Muslim world ; Dilawar of Yakubi ; Khost U. ; A handshake, or two ; Reformed Taliban ; The ego has landed ; Life after Guantánamo ; The dead of Sabari District ; The commander and the top student ; Jackpots and dryholes ; Motor City ; Escalation ; Our British friends ; Ask & tell ; A dignified transfer and the 91

Part III. Home. To Cherokee, Iowa ; To Menard, Texas ; The parade ; Semper fido and the Sierras ; Operation Mend ; The Spirit of America ; The library ; A museum of war ; Nick's home ; The Mall of America

Epilogue: New York City ; After war ; A soldier's war journal ; 31 angels.