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The gods of Diyala : transfer of command in Iraq /

In March 2004, Caleb S. Cage and Gregory M. Tomlin deployed to Baquba, Iraq, on a mission that would redefine how conventional U.S. military forces fight an urban war. Having led artillery units through a transition into anti-insurgent rifle companies and carrying out daily combat patrols in one of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cage, Caleb S., 1979-
Otros Autores: Tomlin, Gregory M., 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M University military history series ; 118.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Baquba and Buhriz
  • Evolution
  • Genesis
  • Insurgency : a prelude
  • The Easter offensive
  • Insurgency : a primer
  • All things conventional
  • June
  • Insurgency : a practicum
  • IEDs : the menace beneath
  • A city upon a hill : the urban morass
  • A city upon a hill : the high ground
  • Good things, bad people, and the pictures to prove it
  • The moral fight : photogs
  • Regime change
  • Revisionistas : an interlude
  • Holidays : Orient and Occident
  • Ramadan in America
  • Christmas in Iraq
  • The eve of a nation
  • Reformation
  • Hope and salvation
  • To be or not to be
  • Up to the task
  • Security
  • Democracy.