Innovation, transformation, and war : counterinsurgency operations in Anbar and Ninewa Provinces, Iraq, 2005-2007.

Within a year of President George W. Bush announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003, dozens of attacks by insurgents had claimed hundreds of civilian and military lives. Through 2004 and 2005, accounts from returning veterans presaged an unfolding strategic debacle--potential...

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Main Author: Russell, James A. (James Avery), 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2010
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Theories of Military Innovation; 3. Wartime Innovation in Western Anbar: Fall 2005-Summer 2006; 4. Wartime Innovation in Anbar: The Battle for Ramadi, July 2005-March 2007; 5. Wartime Innovation in Ninewa Province: COIN Operations in Mosul and Northern Iraq, September 2005-July 2006; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Appendix; Index.