The strongest tribe: war, politics, and the endgame in Iraq
In Iraq, America made mistake after mistake. Many gave up on the war. Then the war took a sharp U-turn. Two generals--David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno--displayed the leadership America expected. A universally respected combat journalist provides a history, based on five years of front-line reporti...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Iraq, America made mistake after mistake. Many gave up on the war. Then the war took a sharp U-turn. Two generals--David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno--displayed the leadership America expected. A universally respected combat journalist provides a history, based on five years of front-line reporting, about how the war was turned around--and the choice now facing America. In the course of fourteen extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than sixty front-line units, discussing strategy with generals and tactics with corporals. He provides an expert's account of counterinsurgency, disposing of myths. During the battle for Fallujah, West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist al-Zarqawi had fled in women's clothes. The colonel pointed to a Marine patrol walking by and said, "Americans are the strongest tribe."--From publisher description. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Map
of Iraq...........................................
xiii
Map
of Baghdad
........................................xv
Preface
..............................................xvii
1.
How to Create a Mess
....................................3
Summer
2003
2.
Descent into Chaos
......................................18
September-December
2003
3.
A Near Collapse
........................................26
January-June
2004
4.
War
..................................................43
July-December
2004
5.
Inadequate Means
.......................................64
2005
6.
Widescale Fighting
......................................84
2005
7.
Contradictory Goals
....................................106
2005
x
CONTENTS
8.
The Second War Begins
..................................113
2006
9.
The Islamic Caliphate
...................................130
2006
10.
Haditha: Explosion on the Home Front
.....................148
2006
11.
A Flawed Assessment
...................................159
Mid-2006
12. AI Qaeda:
Murder and Intimidation
........................167
Fall
2006
13.
The Turnaround Begins
..................................173
Fall
2006
14.
The Civil War
.........................................187
Fall
2006
15.
Bush Weighs His Options
................................197
Fall
2006
16.
The War Turns
........................................208
November
2006
17.
Washington Turns
......................................216
December
2006
18.
The Sunnis Change Sides
.................................224
Winter
2007
19.
Momentum
...........................................246
Spring
2007
20.
Overview
............................................273
Summer
2007
21.
Victory in Anbar
.......................................280
Fall
2007
22.
Baghdad: The Surge Takes Hold
...........................293
Fall
2007
23.
Washington Assesses the Surge
............................317
Fall
2007
CONTENTS xi
24.
Progress and Uncertainty
................................334
2008
25.
The Strongest Tribe
.....................................361
2009
Acknowledgments
......................................377
Appendix A: Insurgency and Unity of Command in Vietnam
.....389
Appendix B: Memo to Gen. George W. Casey, USA
............395
Appendix C:
Bing
West s Counterinsurgency Lessons
...........399
Notes
...............................................401
Bibliography
..........................................415
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CONTENTS
Map
of Iraq.
xiii
Map
of Baghdad
.xv
Preface
.xvii
1.
How to Create a Mess
.3
Summer
2003
2.
Descent into Chaos
.18
September-December
2003
3.
A Near Collapse
.26
January-June
2004
4.
War
.43
July-December
2004
5.
Inadequate Means
.64
2005
6.
Widescale Fighting
.84
2005
7.
Contradictory Goals
.106
2005
x
CONTENTS
8.
The Second War Begins
.113
2006
9.
The Islamic Caliphate
.130
2006
10.
Haditha: Explosion on the Home Front
.148
2006
11.
A Flawed Assessment
.159
Mid-2006
12. AI Qaeda:
Murder and Intimidation
.167
Fall
2006
13.
The Turnaround Begins
.173
Fall
2006
14.
The Civil War
.187
Fall
2006
15.
Bush Weighs His Options
.197
Fall
2006
16.
The War Turns
.208
November
2006
17.
Washington Turns
.216
December
2006
18.
The Sunnis Change Sides
.224
Winter
2007
19.
Momentum
.246
Spring
2007
20.
Overview
.273
Summer
2007
21.
Victory in Anbar
.280
Fall
2007
22.
Baghdad: The Surge Takes Hold
.293
Fall
2007
23.
Washington Assesses the Surge
.317
Fall
2007
CONTENTS xi
24.
Progress and Uncertainty
.334
2008
25.
The Strongest Tribe
.361
2009
Acknowledgments
.377
Appendix A: Insurgency and Unity of Command in Vietnam
.389
Appendix B: Memo to Gen. George W. Casey, USA
.395
Appendix C:
Bing
West's Counterinsurgency Lessons
.399
Notes
.401
Bibliography
.415 |
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