Learning from Iraq : counterinsurgency in American strategy / Steven Metz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Metz, Steven, 1956-

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Strategic Studies Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Iraq.

Genre:

Government publications

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 127 pages)

Other Title:

Counterinsurgency in American strategy

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2007]

Summary:

While the involvement of the United States in counterinsurgency has a long history, it had faded in importance in the years following the end of the Cold War. When American forces first confronted it in Iraq, they were not fully prepared. Since then, the U.S. military and other government agencies have expended much effort to refine their counterinsurgency capabilities. But have they done enough?

Contents:

The deadly bloom

The road to Baghdad

We planned for the wrong contingency

Residual pockets of resistance

A massive and long-term undertaking

They had the training to stand and fight

A powerful, deeply symbolic myth

The prospect of an outright victory

The core conflict has changed

Adjusting transformation

Transcending counterinsurgency

A strategic after action review.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 18, 2007).

"January 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-127).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Online version: Metz, Steven, 1956- Learning from Iraq.

ISBN:

1584872721

9781584872726

OCLC:

77738584

Access Restriction:

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