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The surge : a military history / Kimberly Kagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kagan, Kimberly, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Understanding the role of combat in the Iraq war is essential for both the American people and the U.S. military. Recognizing the objectives of both sides and the plans developed to attain those objectives provides the context for understanding the war. The Surge is an effort to provide such a framework to help understand not only where we have been, but also what happens as we move forward.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The battle for Baghdad in 2006
- The new way forward
- Anbar awakens
- Preliminary operations in Diyala
- The real surge : the offensive in Baghdad's belts
- Phantom thunder and phantom strike in Diyala
- Rasheed and the southern belt during phantom thunder and phantom strike
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781282488021
- 1282488023
- 9781594033995
- 1594033994
- OCLC:
- 664233479
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