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Confronting al Qaeda : the Sunni awakening and American strategy in al Anbar / / Martha L. Cottam and Joe W. Huseby ; with Bruno Baltodano



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Autore: Cottam Martha L. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Confronting al Qaeda : the Sunni awakening and American strategy in al Anbar / / Martha L. Cottam and Joe W. Huseby ; with Bruno Baltodano Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016]
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
Disciplina: 956.7044/342
Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Anbār (Province)
Counterinsurgency - Iraq - Anbār (Province)
Soggetto geografico: Anbār (Iraq : Province) Politics and government 2003-
Iraq Military relations United States
United States Military relations Iraq
Persona (resp. second.): HusebyJoe W.
BaltodanoBruno
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sommario/riassunto: Based 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
Titolo autorizzato: Confronting al Qaeda  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-6486-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818097203321
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