The Iraq War

Description:

An in-depth analysis of the coalition invasion of Iraq, up to the 2003 fall of Baghdad. Drawing on their extensive expertise as military historians, the authors assess the opposing aims of the Coalition forces and the Iraqi regime and explain the day-to-day tactical and logistical decisions of infantry and air command, as British and American troops moved into Basra and Baghdad. They simultaneously step back to examine long-running debates within the U.S. Defense Department about the proper uses of military power and probe the strategic implications of those debates for America's buildup to this war. Surveying the immense changes that have occurred in America's armed forces between the Gulf conflicts of 1991 and 2003 -- changes in doctrine as well as weapons -- this volume reveals critical meanings and lessons about the new "American way of war" as it has unfolded in Iraq.

subjects: Armed Forces,  History,  Iraq War, 2003-,  Persian Gulf War, 1991,  Iraq War, 2003,  Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -,  History of specific subjects,  War & defence operations,  21st century,  Military - United States,  Military,  History - Military / War,  Iraq,  Military - Iraq War (2003-),  History / Military / Strategy,  Military - Strategy,  Military - Iraq War,  United states, armed forces, history,  Iraq war, 2003-2011,  89.83 warfare,  15.75 history of Asia,  Irakkrieg,  Golfoorlog (2003),  Militaire strategie,  Estratégia militar,  Guerra,  Forças armadas (história),  United States of America,  War,  Guerre d'Irak (2003- ...),  Forces armées,  Histoire militaire,  Geschichte 2003,  New York Times reviewed,  Persian gulf war, 1991--united states,  Armed forces--history,  Ds79.724.u6 m874 2003,  956.7044/24/0973.

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  21st century