03498oam 2200613zu 450 991069443140332120210803233102.0(CKB)3360000000003934(SSID)ssj0000603176(PQKBManifestationID)12217514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000603176(PQKBWorkID)10573693(PQKB)10996713(OCoLC)614018566(EXLCZ)99336000000000393420160829d2010 uy engurbn|||||||||txtccrDecisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : the strategic shift of 2007[Place of publication not identified]Strategic Studies Institute U S Army War College20101 online resource (xiv, 78 pages) illustrationsOperation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58487-441-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-78).Introduction -- The decision. Political and strategic context -- Decisionmakers -- The process -- Decision shapers -- Decision criteria and dynamics -- Options considered -- Analysis -- Implications -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.In this second volume of the series, Dr. Metz looks carefully at the 2007 decision to surge forces into Iraq, a choice which is generally considered to have been effective in turning the tide of the war from potential disaster to possible, perhaps probable, strategic success. Although numerous strategic decisions remain to be made as the U.S. military executes its "responsible withdrawal" from Iraq, Dr. Metz has encapsulated much of the entire war in these two monographs, describing both the start and what may eventually be seen as the beginning of the end of the war. In this volume, he provides readers with an explanation of how a decision process that was fundamentally unchanged, with essentially the same people shaping and making the decision, could produce such a different result in 2007. As the current administration tries to replicate the surge in Afghanistan, this monograph shows the perils of attempting to achieve success in one strategic situation by copying actions successfully taken in another, but where different conditions applied.--Summary from foreward.Operation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ;v. 2.Iraq War, 2003-2011Decision makingIraqCounterinsurgencyIraqCivil-military relationsStrategyRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCMiddle EastHILCCUnited StatesMilitary policyIraq War, 2003-2011Decision makingCounterinsurgencyCivil-military relationsStrategyRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & ArchaeologyMiddle EastMetz Steven1351583Martin John RArmy War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute,PQKBBOOK9910694431403321Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : the strategic shift of 20073123313UNINA