LEADER 04166nam 2200673 450 001 9910461224003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-7748-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804777483 035 $a(CKB)2670000000152421 035 $a(EBL)805147 035 $a(OCoLC)779140173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000624114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11375935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000624114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10664833 035 $a(PQKB)10903343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC805147 035 $a(DE-B1597)564519 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804777483 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL805147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10846219 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769352 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000152421 100 $a20100719h20112011 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInnovation, transformation, and war $ecounterinsurgency operations in Anbar and Ninewa, Iraq, 2005-2007 /$fJames A. Russell 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford Security Studies,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (491 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7310-6 311 $a0-8047-7309-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTheories of military innovation -- Wartime innovation in western Anbar, Fall 05-Summer 06 -- Wartime innovation in Anbar : the battle for Ramadi, July 2005-March 2007 -- Wartime innovation in Ninewa Province : COIN operations in northern Iraq, September 2005-July 2006. 330 $aWithin a year of President George W. Bush announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003, dozens of attacks by insurgents had claimed hundreds of civilian and military lives. Through 2004 and 2005, accounts from returning veterans presaged an unfolding strategic debacle?potentially made worse by U.S. tactics being focused on extending conventionally oriented military operations rather than on adapting to the insurgency. By 2007, however, a sea change had taken place, and some U.S. units were integrating counterinsurgency tactics and full-spectrum operations to great effect. In the main, the government and the media cited three factors for having turned the tide on the battlefield: the promulgation of a new joint counterinsurgency doctrine, the "surge" in troop numbers, and the appointment of General David Petraeus as senior military commander. James Russell, however, contends that local security had already improved greatly in Anbar and Ninewah between 2005 and 2007 thanks to the innovative actions of brigade and company commanders?evidenced most notably in the turning of tribal leaders against Al Qaeda. In Innovation, Transformation, and War, he goes behind the headlines to reveal?through extensive field research and face-to-face interviews with military and civilian personnel of all ranks?how a group of Army and Marine Corps units successfully innovated in an unprecedented way: from the bottom up as well as from the top down. In the process they transformed themselves from organizations structured and trained for conventional military operations into ones with a unique array of capabilities for a full spectrum of combat operations. As well as telling an inspiring story, this book will be an invaluable reference for anyone tasked with driving innovation in any kind of complex organization. 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zIraq$zAnba?r (Province) 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zIraq$zNi?nawa? 606 $aTactics 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$zIraq 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aTactics. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011. 676 $a956.7044/342 700 $aRussell$b James A$g(James Avery),$f1958-$0915961 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461224003321 996 $aInnovation, transformation, and war$92468572 997 $aUNINA