Iraqi Force Development
Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: CSIS
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780892065042
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Professionalizing the Iraqi Army
Author: C. Anthony Pfaff
Publisher:
Published: 2020-01-20
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Security cooperation with Iraq remains a critical component of the US-Iraq relationship. Despite neighboring Iran's ability to limit US political and economic engagement, Iraq still seeks US assistance to develop its military and to combat resurgent terrorist organizations. This monograph provides a historical and cultural basis from which to understand the limitations and potential for US cooperation with Iraq's armed forces" -- Publisher's web site.
Why We Lost
Author: Daniel P. Bolger
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 565
ISBN-13: 0544370481
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA high-ranking general's gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all went wrong. Over a thirty-five-year career, Daniel Bolger rose through the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top-level military and civilian players, where strategy was made and managed. At the same time, he regularly carried a rifle alongside rank-and-file soldiers in combat actions, unusual for a general. Now, as a witness to all levels of military command, Bolger offers a unique assessment of these wars, from 9/11 to the final withdrawal from the region. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching honesty, Bolger makes the firm case that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost -- but we didn't have to. Intelligence was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by spreadsheets or theories. And, at the root of our failure, we never really understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account of these wars from a fresh and authoritative perspective.
The Iraq Study Group Report
Author: Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2006-12-06
Total Pages: 164
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the findings of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which was formed in 2006 to examine the situation in Iraq and offer suggestions for the American military's future involvement in the region.
Stabilizing Iraq
Author: Joseph A. Christoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2007-07
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781422314609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Nov. 2005, the the Nat. Strategy for Victory in Iraq was issued to clarify the Pres. strategy for achieving U.S. political, security, & economic goals in Iraq. The strategy articulated the desired end-state for U.S. operations in Iraq: a peaceful, united, stable, & secure Iraq, integrated into the internat. community, & a partner in the war on terrorism. To achieve this, the U.S. is, among other things, developing Iraqi military & police forces. The U.S. goal is to transfer security respon. from the Multinational Force-Iraq to Iraqi security forces & the Iraqi gov¿t. as their capability & the security situation improve. This testimony discusses the results of U.S. efforts to develop Iraqi security forces, & factors that affect the development of effective Iraqi forces. Charts & tables.
Reconstructing Iraq
Author: Conrad C. Crane
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicing Iraq
Author: Jesse Wozniak
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0520975979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicing Iraq chronicles the efforts of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to rebuild their police force and criminal justice system in the wake of the US invasion. Jesse S. G. Wozniak conducted ethnographic research during multiple stays in Iraqi Kurdistan, observing such signpost moments as the Arab Spring, the official withdrawal of coalition forces, the rise of the Islamic State, and the return of US forces. By investigating the day-to-day reality of reconstructing a police force during active hostilities, Wozniak demonstrates how police are integral to the modern state’s ability to effectively rule and how the failure to recognize this directly contributed to the destabilization of Iraq and the rise of the Islamic State. The reconstruction process ignored established practices and scientific knowledge, instead opting to create a facade of legitimacy masking a police force characterized by low pay, poor recruits, and a training regimen wholly unsuited to a constitutional democracy. Ultimately, Wozniak argues, the United States never intended to build a democratic state but rather to develop a dependent client to serve its neoimperial interests.
After Saddam
Author: Nora Bensahel
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2008-07-15
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0833046381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph examines prewar planning efforts for the reconstruction of postwar Iraq. It then examines the role of U.S. military forces after major combat officially ended on May 1, 2003, through June 2004. Finally, it examines civilian efforts at reconstruction, focusing on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority and its efforts to rebuild structures of governance, security forces, economic policy, and essential services.
Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010-03-31
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0309152852
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Author: Walter J. Boyne
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2003-11-15
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0765310384
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "New York Times" bestselling author of "Weapons of Desert Storm" presentsan informative look into the first war of the 21st century.
