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A different kind of war : the United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), October 2001-September 2005 / Donald P. Wright [and six others].

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Format:
Book
Government document
Contributor:
Wright, Donald P., 1964- contributor.
Combat Studies Institute (U.S.). Press, issuing body.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Combined Forces Command--Afghanistan--History.
United States.
United States. Combined Forces Command--Afghanistan.
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014.
Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction.
United States--Armed Forces--Stability operations.
United States--Armed Forces--Civic action.
United States--Armed Forces--Civil functions.
Afghanistan.
Armed Forces--Stability operations.
Armed Forces--Civil functions.
Armed Forces--Civic action.
Genre:
Online resources.
History
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps
Other Title:
United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), October 2001-September 2005
Place of Publication:
Fort Leavenworth, KS : Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, 2010.
Summary:
"'A different kind of war' offers the first preliminary comprehensive historical account of OEF, tracing the development of the Afghanistan campaign from its inception in the fall of 2001 through the Afghanistan parliamentary elections of September 2005. To do so, the study takes a chronological approach to the story of the Army in Afghanistan in this period"--Page 2.
Contents:
Afghanistan and the tribulations of nationhood
The American response to terror : planning Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Opening moves : the preliminary phases of the campaign mobilization
Collapse of the Taliban in northern Afghanistan
Success in the south and east
Operation ANACONDA
Success out of victory : changing course in mid-2002
CJTF-180 takes the lead : maintaining momentum, July 2002 to July 2003
The shift to a new approach : OEF May 2003 to April 2004
The path toward stability : May 2004 to September 2005
Implications.
Notes:
EPub version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-383) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Combined Arms Center website, viewed Mar. 12, 2018).
Other Format:
Print version: Different kind of war
Online version: Different kind of war
OCLC:
769664174
Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access
No restrictions on access.
Use copy Restrictions unspecified

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