Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : the strategic shift of 2007 / Steven Metz ; John R. Martin, executive editor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Metz, Steven, 1956-

Contributor:

Martin, John R. (John Robert), 1952-

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

Series:

Operation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ; v. 2.

Operation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Military leadership.

Bush, George W.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Decision making.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Counterinsurgency--Iraq.

Counterinsurgency.

Civil-military relations--Iraq.

Civil-military relations.

Strategy.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Decision making.

Command of troops.

Military policy.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 78 pages) : illustrations

Contained In:

Gale Academic OneFile Gale

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

In this second volume of the series, Dr. Metz looks carefully at the 2007 decision to surge forces into Iraq, a choice which is generally considered to have been effective in turning the tide of the war from potential disaster to possible, perhaps probable, strategic success. Although numerous strategic decisions remain to be made as the U.S. military executes its "responsible withdrawal" from Iraq, Dr. Metz has encapsulated much of the entire war in these two monographs, describing both the start and what may eventually be seen as the beginning of the end of the war. In this volume, he provides readers with an explanation of how a decision process that was fundamentally unchanged, with essentially the same people shaping and making the decision, could produce such a different result in 2007. As the current administration tries to replicate the surge in Afghanistan, this monograph shows the perils of attempting to achieve success in one strategic situation by copying actions successfully taken in another, but where different conditions applied.-- Summary from foreward

Contents:

Introduction

The decision. Political and strategic context

Decisionmakers

The process

Decision shapers

Decision criteria and dynamics

Options considered

Analysis

Implications

Recommendations

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 12, 2010).

"May 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-78).

Other Format:

Print version: Metz, Steven, 1956- Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

ISBN:

1584874414

9781584874416

OCLC:

614018566