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088    RAND OP335 
100 1  Johnson, David E.|q(David Eugene),|d1950-2022 
245 14 The 2008 battle of Sadr City /|cDavid E. Johnson, M. Wade 
       Markel, Brian Shannon. 
246 3  Two-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City 
264  1 Santa Monica Calif. :|bRAND,|c2011. 
300    1 online resource (xiii, 21 pages) :|bcolor illustrations,
       color maps. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    data file|2rda 
490 1  Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;|vOP-335-A 
500    "Prepared for the United States Army." 
500    "Rand Arroyo Center." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 21). 
505 0  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. 
520    "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. 
611 07 Sadr City, Battle of (Baghdad, Iraq : 2008)|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01896215 
611 27 Iraq War (2003-2011)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01802311 
648  7 2003-2011|2fast 
650  0 Sadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xCampaigns|zIraq|zBaghdad. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xUrban warfare|vCase studies. 
650  0 Counterinsurgency|zIraq|zBaghdad. 
650  0 History. 
650  7 HISTORY|xMilitary|xIraq War (2003- )|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY|xMilitary|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Counterinsurgency.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00881325 
650  7 Military campaigns.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01710190 
650  7 Urban warfare.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01162690 
651  7 Iraq.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205757 
651  7 Iraq|zBaghdad.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01207444 
655  7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765 
700 1  Markel, M. Wade. 
700 1  Shannon, Brian. 
710 2  Rand Corporation. 
710 2  Arroyo Center. 
710 1  United States.|bArmy. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aJohnson, David E. (David Eugene), 1950-
       |t2008 battle of Sadr City.|dSanta Monica Calif. : RAND, 
       2011|w(DLC)  2011030374 
830  0 Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;|vOP-335-A. 
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