A Gentle Occupation
An edition of A Gentle Occupation (2014)
By Arthur ten Cate
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Leiden University Press
Language
eng
Pages
352
Description:
A Gentle Occupation analyses Dutch military operations in the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion in Iraq. It raises the question why, in contrast to most allied troops elsewhere in Iraq, Dutch forces in Al Muthanna province met with little resistance and left Iraq self-confident of their ability to deal with this type of stabilisation operations