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Author Johnson, David E. (David Eugene), 1950-2022

Title The 2008 battle of Sadr City / David E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon.

Publication Info. Santa Monica Calif. : RAND, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 21 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
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Series Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-335-A
Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-335-A.
Note "Prepared for the United States Army."
"Rand Arroyo Center."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 21).
Contents The 2008 battle of Sadr City -- Background -- Methodology -- Setting conditions -- The area of operations -- Mission: stop the rockets and defeat criminal militias in Sadr City -- The ground fight in Sadr City: heavy armor matters -- The counter rocket fight -- Exploitation -- Key insights from the fight -- Reimagining urban operations as wide area security missions.
Summary "The 2008 Battle of Sadr City, which took place in Baghdad nearly 15 months after the beginning of the U.S. "surge" in Iraq, has received relatively little scholarly attention. However, the coalition's defeat of Jaish al-Mahdi after six weeks of high-intensity fighting offers important lessons for the U.S. Army as it prepares for future operations. Using after-action reports, briefings, other primary sources, and interviews with combatants and officials involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the battle, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of land operations. Their analysis identifies the following factors as critical to the coalition victory: supporting ground maneuver elements with integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and strike assets; the key roles played by heavy forces, snipers, and special operations forces; decentralized decisionmaking; capable indigenous security forces; and rapid transitions from phase to phase. The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas: treating an urban area as a wide-area security mission. Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which cities were essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in this battle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditions that would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operate effectively and possible to restore security to the broader population."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
Sadr City, Battle of (Baghdad, Iraq : 2008) (OCoLC)fst01896215
Sadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Urban warfare -- Case studies.
Counterinsurgency -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
History.
HISTORY -- Military -- Iraq War (2003- )
HISTORY -- Military -- General.
Counterinsurgency. (OCoLC)fst00881325
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Urban warfare. (OCoLC)fst01162690
Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
Iraq -- Baghdad. (OCoLC)fst01207444
Chronological Term 2003-2011
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author Markel, M. Wade.
Shannon, Brian.
Rand Corporation.
Arroyo Center.
United States. Army.
Added Title Two-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City
Other Form: Print version: Johnson, David E. (David Eugene), 1950- 2008 battle of Sadr City. Santa Monica Calif. : RAND, 2011 (DLC) 2011030374
ISBN 9780833058140 (e-book)
9780833053015 (paperbackalk. paper)
0833053019 (paperbackalk. paper)
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