U.S. Army in the Iraq War Volume 2: Surge and Withdrawal 2007

U.S. Army in the Iraq War Volume 2: Surge and Withdrawal 2007 – 2011

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Authors: Various In Year : 2019

Book Language: English

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Title Pages, Preliminary Information, Contents
Foreword by the 39th Chief of Staff US Army
Foreword by the 38th Chief of Staff US Army
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1 The Surge 2007 to 2008: Chapter 1 Strategy in Crisis October to December 2006 (Part 1)
Chapter 1 Strategy in Crisis October to December 2006 (Part 2)
Chapter 2 The Eve of the Surge December 2006 to February 2007 (Part 1)
Chapter 2 The Eve of the Surge December 2006 to February 2007 (Part 2)
Chapter 2 The Eve of the Surge December 2006 to February 2007 (Part 3)
Chapter 3 The New Way Forward February 2007 to April 2007 (Part 1)
Chapter 3 The New Way Forward February 2007 to April 2007 (Part 2)
Chapter 4 The Awakening Gathers Momentum (Part 1)
Chapter 4 The Awakening Gathers Momentum (Part 2)
Chapter 5 Summer 2007 The Surge of Operations (Part 1)
Chapter 5 Summer 2007 The Surge of Operations (Part 2)
Chapter 5 Summer 2007 The Surge of Operations (Part 3)
Chapter 6 The Darkness Has Become Pitch Black (Part 1)
Chapter 6 The Darkness Has Become Pitch Black (Part 2)
Chapter 6 The Darkness Has Become Pitch Black (Part 3)
Chapter 7 Enabling the Surge 2007 to 2008 (Part 1)
Chapter 7 Enabling the Surge 2007 to 2008 (Part 2)
Chapter 8 Crescendo: Maliki Against the Sadrists (Part 1)
Chapter 8 Crescendo: Maliki Against the Sadrists (Part 2)
Chapter 9 The Surge Culminates Summer 2008 (Part 1)
Chapter 9 The Surge Culminates Summer 2008 (Part 2)
Chapter 10 Conclusion The Surge 2007 to 2008
Part 2 From Surge to Withdrawal Chapter 11 Zero Attacks September to December 2008
Chapter 12 Out of the Cities January to June 2009 (Part 1)
Chapter 12 Out of the Cities January to June 2009 (Part 2)
Chapter 13 Toward the Defeat of AQI August 2009 to July 2010 (Part 1)
Chapter 13 Toward the Defeat of AQI August 2009 to July 2010 (Part 2)
Chapter 14 From New Dawn to Zero August 2010 to December 2011 (Part 1)
Chapter 14 From New Dawn to Zero August 2010 to December 2011 (Part 2)
Chapter 15 Epilogue: The Office of Security Cooperation and the Return of the Iraq War (Part 1)
Chapter 15 Epilogue: The Office of Security Cooperation and the Return of the Iraq War (Part 2)
Chapter 16 Conclusion: From Surge to Withdrawl
Part 3 Final Conclusions Chapter 17 Conclusion Lessons of the Iraq War (Part 1)
Chapter 17 Conclusion Lessons of the Iraq War (Part 2)
Afterword Select Bibliography and General Editor’s Notes on Sources Abbreviations and About the Contributors

The Iraq War has been the costliest U.S. conflict since the Vietnam War. To date, few official studies have been conducted to review what happened, why it happened, and what lessons should be drawn. The U.S. Army in the Iraq War is the Army’s initial operational level analysis of this conflict, written in narrative format, with assessments and lessons embedded throughout the work. This study reviews the conflict from a Landpower perspective and includes the contributions of coalition allies, the U.S. Marine Corps, and special operations forces. Presented principally from the point of view of the commanders in Baghdad, the narrative examines the interaction of the operational and strategic levels, as well as the creation of theater level strategy and its implementation at the tactical level. Volume 1 begins in the truce tent at Safwan Airfield in southern Iraq at the end of Operation DESERT STORM and briefly examines actions by U.S. and Iraqi forces during the interwar years. The narrative continues by examining the road to war, the initially successful invasion, and the rise of Iraqi insurgent groups before exploring the country’s slide toward civil war. This volume concludes with a review of the decision by the George W. Bush administration to “surge” additional forces to Iraq, and reviews the conduct of the “surge” and its aftermath.

This study was constructed over a span of 4 years and relied on nearly 30,000 pages of handpicked declassified documents, hundreds of hours of original interviews, and thousands of hours of previously unavailable interviews. Original interviews conducted by the team included President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and every theater commander for the war, among many others. With its release, this publication, The U.S. Army in the Iraq War, represents the U.S. Government’s longest and most detailed study of the Iraq conflict thus far. - Summary from the text