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The surge : a military history /
As the surge of operations that American and Iraqi forces began on June 15, 2007, winds to a close, security in Baghdad and throughout Iraq has improved so dramatically that, for the fi rst time in years, there is reason for optimism in Iraq. U.S. commanders and soldiers have reversed the negative s...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
2009.
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| Édition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | As the surge of operations that American and Iraqi forces began on June 15, 2007, winds to a close, security in Baghdad and throughout Iraq has improved so dramatically that, for the fi rst time in years, there is reason for optimism in Iraq. U.S. commanders and soldiers have reversed the negative slide that followed the Samarra mosque bombing in 2006, bringing the number of enemy attacks in Iraq back down to the levels of mid-2005. Yet the reasons for the reduction in violence and its strategic significance are subjects of continuing debate in the media and in Washington. Many armchair pundit. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : color maps, color plan |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594033995 1594033994 |