LEADER 03498oam 2200613zu 450 001 9910694431403321 005 20210803233102.0 035 $a(CKB)3360000000003934 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000603176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12217514 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000603176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10573693 035 $a(PQKB)10996713 035 $a(OCoLC)614018566 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000003934 100 $a20160829d2010 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDecisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : the strategic shift of 2007 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cStrategic Studies Institute U S Army War College$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 78 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aOperation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-58487-441-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 64-78). 327 $aIntroduction -- The decision. Political and strategic context -- Decisionmakers -- The process -- Decision shapers -- Decision criteria and dynamics -- Options considered -- Analysis -- Implications -- Recommendations -- Conclusion. 330 $aIn this second volume of the series, Dr. Metz looks carefully at the 2007 decision to surge forces into Iraq, a choice which is generally considered to have been effective in turning the tide of the war from potential disaster to possible, perhaps probable, strategic success. Although numerous strategic decisions remain to be made as the U.S. military executes its "responsible withdrawal" from Iraq, Dr. Metz has encapsulated much of the entire war in these two monographs, describing both the start and what may eventually be seen as the beginning of the end of the war. In this volume, he provides readers with an explanation of how a decision process that was fundamentally unchanged, with essentially the same people shaping and making the decision, could produce such a different result in 2007. As the current administration tries to replicate the surge in Afghanistan, this monograph shows the perils of attempting to achieve success in one strategic situation by copying actions successfully taken in another, but where different conditions applied.--$cSummary from foreward. 410 0$aOperation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ;$vv. 2. 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDecision making$zIraq 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zIraq 606 $aCivil-military relations 606 $aStrategy 606 $aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aMiddle East$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDecision making 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aCivil-military relations 615 0$aStrategy 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aMiddle East 700 $aMetz$b Steven$01351583 702 $aMartin$b John R 712 02$aArmy War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute, 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910694431403321 996 $aDecisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : the strategic shift of 2007$93123313 997 $aUNINA