| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 282 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : color maps, color plan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The battle for Baghdad in 2006 -- The new way forward -- Anbar awakens -- Preliminary operations in Diyala -- The real surge : the offensive in Baghdad's belts -- Phantom thunder and phantom strike in Diyala -- Rasheed and the southern belt during phantom thunder and phantom strike -- Conclusion. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
As the surge of operations that American and Iraqi forces began on June 15, 2007, winds to a close, security in Baghdad and throughout Iraq has improved so dramatically that, for the fi rst time in years, there is reason for optimism in Iraq. U.S. commanders and soldiers have reversed the negative slide that followed the Samarra mosque bombing in 2006, bringing the number of enemy attacks in Iraq back down to the levels of mid-2005. Yet the reasons for the reduction in violence and its strategic significance are subjects of continuing debate in the media and in Washington. Many armchair pundit. |
| Subject |
Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns.
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History.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Iraq War (2003- )
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
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| Chronological Term |
2003-2011
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kagan, Kimberly, 1972- Surge. 1st American ed. New York : Encounter Books, 2009 9781594032493 (DLC) 2008032354 (OCoLC)227030629 |
| ISBN |
9781594033995 (electronic bk.) |
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1594033994 (electronic bk.) |
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