Cassandra in Oz : counterinsurgency and future war / Conrad C. Crane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crane, Conrad C., author.

Series:

Transforming war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps.

Counterinsurgency.

Military doctrine--United States.

Military doctrine.

Training manuals.

Technical manuals.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Counterinsurgency--Iraq.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.

Afghanistan.

Iraq.

Local Subjects:

United States. Army.

United States. Marine Corps.

Physical Description:

xv, 307 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book describes how a team of Soldiers, Marines, and civilian academics created Field Manual 3-24/ Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 3-33.5 Counterinsurgency. The manual's principles and paradoxes of counterinsurgency, focus on legitimacy, and concepts of operational campaign design have had immense influence on U.S. and NATO doctrine. Crane describes the hard work of Soldiers, Marines, and civilians to achieve peace in places such as Baghdad, Anbar Province, and the detention facilities at Bucca. The book examines what went wrong in Iraq, as peace unraveled with the American departure, and also how the new counterinsurgency doctrine was never properly applied in Afghanistan. The final chapter covers the lessons that should be gleaned from the past.

Contents:

New beginnings : engaging the puzzle palace

Off to see the wizard : planning for Iraq

Rearranging the bible : eggheads and jarheads

Inside the big tent : ringmaster to the stars

From theory to doctrine : intellectual debates about contemporary warfare

Behind the curtain : a reader's guide to FM 3-24

Malpractice or messiah? : launched into the storm

Observing the payoff in Iraq : the view from Baghdad

Turning the switch on and off in Iraq : the view from the field

Beyond the doctrine : Basrah, Diyala, and Bucca

Witches and wizards revealed : the coin wave recedes

Final musings : observations on the long war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Crane, Conrad C., author. Cassandra in Oz

ISBN:

9781682470077

1682470075

OCLC:

945951206