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Autore |
Pirnie Bruce <1940-> |
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Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce R. Pirnie, Edward O'Connell |
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Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73664-3 |
9786611736644 |
0-8330-4584-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (135 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rand counterinsurgency study ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Postwar reconstruction - Iraq |
Counterinsurgency - Iraq |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-106). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Overview of the conflict in Iraq -- Ba'athist regime -- Invasion of Iraq -- Occupation of Iraq -- First priority : setting up a constitutional government -- Spring -- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004) -- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections -- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence -- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold -- Armed groups in Iraq -- Overview -- Kurdish separatists -- Sunni Arab insurgents -- Violent extremists -- Shi'ite Arab militias -- Criminal gangs -- Insurgent use of terrorism -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Organization and recognition of the U.S. COIN effort is slow to unfold -- Traditional U.S. military forces may need to be adjusted -- Fallujah -- Tal Afar -- Baghdad -- Air support -- Combatting improvised explosive devices -- Detainee operations -- U.S. development and support of Iraqi forces -- Iraqi police -- Iraqi armed forces -- Assessing progress in counterinsurgency -- Iraqi casualties and displacement -- Iraqi economy -- Iraqi opinion -- Accounting for success and failure -- Understanding Iraqi society -- Little planning for the occupation of Iraq -- The impact of a lack od international support for the war -- The disastrous effects of prematurely dismantling the Ba'athist regime -- The challenge of building a new Iraqi state from scratch -- Instituting a new system of justice -- Undertaking the reconstruction of Iraq -- The consequences |
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