LEADER 02515nam 2200565 450 001 9910798138103321 005 20170919052328.0 010 $a1-4422-6486-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000615734 035 $a(EBL)4444143 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001627809 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16371847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001627809 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14936984 035 $a(PQKB)10214316 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4444143 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000615734 100 $a20151124h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConfronting al Qaeda $ethe Sunni awakening and American strategy in al Anbar /$fMartha L. Cottam and Joe W. Huseby ; with Bruno Baltodano 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-6485-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a_GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack 330 $aBased 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 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns$zIraq$zAnba?r (Province) 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zIraq$zAnba?r (Province) 607 $aAnba?r (Iraq : Province)$xPolitics and government$y2003- 607 $aIraq$xMilitary relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary relations$zIraq 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 676 $a956.7044/342 700 $aCottam$b Martha L.$0464758 702 $aHuseby$b Joe W. 702 $aBaltodano$b Bruno 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798138103321 996 $aConfronting al Qaeda$93728746 997 $aUNINA