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Mansoor Peter R. <1960-> |
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Surge : my journey with General David Petraeus and the remaking of the Iraq War / / Peter R. Mansoor ; foreword by General David Petraeus |
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New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
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0-300-20937-1 |
0-300-19916-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Yale Library of Military History |
Yale library of military history |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns |
Counterinsurgency - Iraq - History |
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United States Military policy 21st century |
Iraq Politics and government 2003- |
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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 and index. |
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Maps -- Prologue Baghdad, February 11, 2007 -- A war almost lost -- Designing the surge -- Fardh Al-Qanoon -- Tower 57 -- The awakening -- Turning the tide -- Testimony -- Power politics -- Charge of the knights -- The surge in retrospect -- Appendix 1: Report to Congress on the situation in Iraq -- Appendix 2: Multi-national force -- Iraq commander's counterinsurgency guidance -- Appendix 3: Anaconda strategy versus Al-Qaeda in Iraq -- Appendix 4: Security incidents in Iraq. |
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Surge is an insider's view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the controversial new U.S. Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency doctrine was developed; to Washington, D.C., and the halls of the Pentagon, where the Joint Chiefs of Staff struggled to understand the conflict; to the streets of Baghdad, where soldiers worked to implement the surge and reenergize the flagging war effort before the Iraqi state splintered; and to the halls of Congress, where Ambassador Ryan |
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Crocker and General David Petraeus testified in some of the most contentious hearings in recent memory. Using newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, Surge explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker, General Petraeus, and other U.S. and Iraqi political and military leaders shaped the surge from the center of the maelstrom in Baghdad and Washington. |
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UNINA9910554202803321 |
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O'Hanlon Michael E. |
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The art of war in an age of peace : U.S. grand strategy and resolute restraint / / Michael O'Hanlon |
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) : 3 b-w illus |
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Security sector - United States |
National security - United States |
International relations |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-263) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Maps -- ONE. An Age of Fragile Peace and an Unsure America -- TWO. A Grand Strategy of Resolute Restraint -- THREE. Europe and Russia -- FOUR. The Pacific and China -- FIVE. Korea -- SIX. The Middle East and Central Command Theater -- SEVEN. The Other 4+1—Biological, Nuclear, Climatic, Digital, and Internal Dangers -- EIGHT. The American Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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An informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension Russia and China are both believed to have a “grand strategy”—a detailed set |
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of goals backed by expansive ambitions. In the United States, policy makers have tried to articulate similar plans but have failed to reach a widespread consensus since the Cold War ended. While the United States has been the world’s prominent superpower for over a generation, American thinking has oscillated between the extremes of isolationist agendas versus interventionist and overly assertive ones. Drawing on historical precedents and weighing issues such as Russia’s resurgence, China’s great rise, North Korea’s nuclear machinations, and Middle East turmoil, Michael O’Hanlon presents a well-researched, ethically sound, and politically viable vision for American national security policy. He also proposes complementing the Pentagon’s set of “4+1” pre-existing threats with a new “4+1”: biological, nuclear, digital, climatic, and internal dangers. |
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