LEADER 04249nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910219978103321 005 20240617065605.0 010 $a1-280-12683-3 010 $a9786613530691 010 $a0-8330-5814-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148360 035 $a(EBL)863811 035 $a(OCoLC)779828027 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000611213 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11391603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611213 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10645847 035 $a(PQKB)10484149 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC863811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL863811 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535735 035 $a(PPN)266070159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148360 100 $a20110720d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe 2008 battle of Sadr City /$fDavid E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica Calif. $cRAND$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (35 p.) 225 1 $aOccasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;$vOP-335-A 300 $a"Prepared for the United States Army." 300 $a"Rand Arroyo Center." 311 $a0-8330-5301-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 21). 327 $aThe 2008 battle of Sadr City -- Background -- Methodology -- Setting conditions -- The area of operations -- Mission: stop the rockets and defeat criminal militias in Sadr City -- The ground fight in Sadr City: heavy armor matters -- The counter rocket fight -- Exploitation -- Key insights from the fight -- Reimagining urban operations as wide area security missions. 330 $a"The 2008 Battle of Sadr City, which took place in Baghdad nearly 15 months after the beginning of the U.S. "surge" in Iraq, has received relatively little scholarly attention. However, the coalition's defeat of Jaish al-Mahdi after six weeks of high-intensity fighting offers important lessons for the U.S. Army as it prepares for future operations. Using after-action reports, briefings, other primary sources, and interviews with combatants and officials involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the battle, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of land operations. Their analysis identifies the following factors as critical to the coalition victory: supporting ground maneuver elements with integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and strike assets; the key roles played by heavy forces, snipers, and special operations forces; decentralized decisionmaking; capable indigenous security forces; and rapid transitions from phase to phase. The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas: treating an urban area as a wide-area security mission. Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which cities were essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in this battle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditions that would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operate effectively and possible to restore security to the broader population."--P. [4] of cover. 410 0$aOccasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;$vOP-335-A. 517 3 $aTwo-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City 606 $aSadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns$zIraq$zBaghdad 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xUrban warfare$vCase studies 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zIraq$zBaghdad 615 0$aSadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xUrban warfare 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 676 $a956.7044/342 700 $aJohnson$b David E$g(David Eugene),$f1950-2022.$01324812 701 $aMarkel$b M. Wade$0863710 701 $aShannon$b Brian$0863711 712 02$aRand Corporation. 712 02$aArroyo Center. 712 02$aUnited States.$bArmy. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219978103321 996 $aThe 2008 battle of Sadr City$93360256 997 $aUNINA