02515nam 2200565 450 991079813810332120170919052328.01-4422-6486-1(CKB)3710000000615734(EBL)4444143(SSID)ssj0001627809(PQKBManifestationID)16371847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001627809(PQKBWorkID)14936984(PQKB)10214316(MiAaPQ)EBC4444143(EXLCZ)99371000000061573420151124h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfronting al Qaeda the Sunni awakening and American strategy in al Anbar /Martha L. Cottam and Joe W. Huseby ; with Bruno BaltodanoLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,[2016]©20161 online resource (159 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-6485-3 Includes bibliographical references and index._GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBackBased on in-depth interviews with tribal Sheiks involved in the Awakening and their American military counterparts, Confronting al Qaeda is a study of decision-making processes and the political psychology of the Sunni Awakening in al Anbar. It traces the change in American military strategy that made the Awakening collaboration between the Sunni tribes and the U.S. forces possible. It explains how the evolution of the tribal leaders' perspective and of the American military strategy led to defeat al Qaeda in al Anbar. The process of these changing mutual images is detailed as well as how the Iraq War, 2003-2011CampaignsIraqAnbār (Province)CounterinsurgencyIraqAnbār (Province)Anbār (Iraq : Province)Politics and government2003-IraqMilitary relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesMilitary relationsIraqIraq War, 2003-2011CampaignsCounterinsurgency956.7044/342Cottam Martha L.464758Huseby Joe W.Baltodano BrunoMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798138103321Confronting al Qaeda3728746UNINA