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From storm to freedom : America's long war with Iraq /

Covering both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom as two campaigns within a single, if discontinuous, conflict, this book analyzes the strategic interaction between Iraq and the United States from 1990 to 2010 and the key operational decisions that determined the course of the war. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ballard, John R., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude : American military power in the post-Vietnam era, 1975-1989
  • The decision to go to war
  • The Iraqi context
  • Desert Shield : the line in the sand
  • Desert Storm : the 1991 Gulf War campaign
  • Interregnum : Iraq and UN sanctions during the 1990s
  • Turning back to war
  • Iraqi freedom : execution of the initial thrust
  • The lost year of the Coalition Provisional Authority
  • The Casey strategy, from Fallujah to Tal Afar : 2004-2006
  • 2006 : decent into chaos
  • The protection strategy and the 2007 Baghdad surge
  • The Iraqis take control
  • A final assessment : the impact of the long war with Iraq.