The last card : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq /
The last card : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq /
edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.
- viii, 408 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America's war in Iraq : 2003-2005 -- This strategy is not working : January-June 2006 -- Together forward? : June-August 2006 -- Silos and stovepipes : September-October 2006 -- Setting the stage : early November 2006 -- A sweeping internal review : mid-late November 2006 -- Choosing to surge : December 2006 -- What kind of surge? : late December 2006-January 2007 -- How "the surge" came to be / Stephen Hadley, Peter Feaver, and Meghan O'Sullivan -- Iraq, Vietnam, and the meaning of victory / Andrew Preston -- Decisions and politics / Robert Jervis -- Blood, treasure, and time : strategy-making for the surge / Richard Betts -- Strategy and "the surge" / Joshua Rovner -- Civil military relations and the Iraq surge / Kori Schake -- A long and winding road / Richard H. Immerman -- The President as policy entrepreneur / Colin Dueck.
"An oral history of President George W. Bush's decision to surge troops to Iraq, accompanied by scholarly analysis by leading scholars of international security and presidential history"--
9781501715181 1501715186
40029360875
2019009158
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Decision making.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Counterinsurgency--History.--Iraq
Military planning--United States.
United States--Military policy--Decision making.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America's war in Iraq : 2003-2005 -- This strategy is not working : January-June 2006 -- Together forward? : June-August 2006 -- Silos and stovepipes : September-October 2006 -- Setting the stage : early November 2006 -- A sweeping internal review : mid-late November 2006 -- Choosing to surge : December 2006 -- What kind of surge? : late December 2006-January 2007 -- How "the surge" came to be / Stephen Hadley, Peter Feaver, and Meghan O'Sullivan -- Iraq, Vietnam, and the meaning of victory / Andrew Preston -- Decisions and politics / Robert Jervis -- Blood, treasure, and time : strategy-making for the surge / Richard Betts -- Strategy and "the surge" / Joshua Rovner -- Civil military relations and the Iraq surge / Kori Schake -- A long and winding road / Richard H. Immerman -- The President as policy entrepreneur / Colin Dueck.
"An oral history of President George W. Bush's decision to surge troops to Iraq, accompanied by scholarly analysis by leading scholars of international security and presidential history"--
9781501715181 1501715186
40029360875
2019009158
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Decision making.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Counterinsurgency--History.--Iraq
Military planning--United States.
United States--Military policy--Decision making.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-