03374nam 2200649 a 450 991045086680332120200520144314.01-281-20294-097866112029410-313-34998-3(CKB)1000000000408740(EBL)329044(OCoLC)437197175(SSID)ssj0000183718(PQKBManifestationID)11154320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183718(PQKBWorkID)10196023(PQKB)10712404(MiAaPQ)EBC329044(Au-PeEL)EBL329044(CaPaEBR)ebr10214085(CaONFJC)MIL120294(EXLCZ)99100000000040874020081029d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIraq's insurgency and the road to civil conflict[electronic resource] /Anthony H. Cordesman ; with assistance from Emma R. DaviesWestport, Conn. Praeger Security International20081 online resource (874 p.)"Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."0-313-34997-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [753]-841).FRONT MATTER; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: DEFINING THE PLAYERS; CHAPTER 3: POSTCONFLICT TO INITIAL INSURGENCY: MAY 1, 2003-END 2003; CHAPTER 4: SERIOUS FIGHTING IN THE PRE-TRANSFER OF POWER PERIOD: JANUARY-JUNE 28, 2004; CHAPTER 5: THE RETURN OF IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY AND SHIFTS IN THE NATURE OF THE INSURGENCY: JUNE 29, 2004-JANUARY 29, 2005; CHAPTER 6: THE JANUARY 30, 2005, ELECTION AND GROWING CIVIL CONFLICT: JANUARY 30-DECEMBER 14, 2005; CHAPTER 7: THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER 15, 2005, ELECTIONS: DECEMBER 15, 2005-FEBRUARY 21, 2006CHAPTER 8: THE ATTACK ON THE ASKARIYA SHRINE AND THE INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL CIVILWAR: FEBRUARY 22- MAY 20, 2006CHAPTER 9: THE FOURTH IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL CONFLICTS: SUMMER 2006; CHAPTER 10: THE SECTARIAN AND ETHNIC WAR FOR CONTROL OF SPACE: FALL 2006-JANUARY 9, 2007; CHAPTER 11: THE DYNAMICS OF THE INSURGENCY AND CIVIL CONFLICT IN 2007-THE ''SURGE,'' THE ''BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD,'' THE ''TRIBAL AWAKENING,'' AND POLITICAL ACCOMMODATION; CHAPTER 12: CHANGES IN THE INSURGENCY AND FORCES SHAPING CIVIL CONFLICTS IN 2007; CHAPTER 13: EVOLVING INSURGENT AND MILITIA TACTICSCHAPTER 14: MEASURING THE COST IN BLOOD: OVERALL PATTERNS IN CASUALTIESCHAPTER 15: THE LESSONS OF COMPLEXITY, UNCERTAINTY, AND RISKDocuments the entire evolution of the Iraqi conflict from its historical roots through the latest U.S strategy to stabilize Baghdad.Iraq War, 2003-2011InsurgencyIraqCivil warIraqElectronic books.Iraq War, 2003-2011.InsurgencyCivil war956.7044/3Cordesman Anthony H567761Davies Emma R986439Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450866803321Iraq's insurgency and the road to civil conflict2254409UNINA