All Roads Lead to Baghdad

by Briscoe, Charles H. Finlayson

• ISBN13: 9780160753640
• ISBN10: 0160753643
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office

Summary

By Charles H. Briscoe, et al. Tells the story of Iraqi Freedom, the second Army Special Operations (ASO) campaign in America's Global War on Terrorism. Shows how the ASO supported a US-led conventional air and ground offensive to collapse the regime of Saddam Hussein and capture Baghdad. Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents

USSOCOM Forward	p. v
USASOC Forward	p. vii
List of Figures	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxvii
Why Iraq?	p. 1
Iraq	p. 4
The Threat	p. 6
Thumbnail History of Iraq	p. 8
Ancient Iraqi History-Faded Glory	p. 9
The Sunni-Shia Split and Ottoman Rule	p. 10
Kurdistan-a Land that Isn't	p. 10
It Comes Down to Oil	p. 11
The Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein	p. 13
The Man Who Would Be King	p. 15
Planning for War	p. 19
Conventional Planning	p. 21
Plan 1003	p. 22
Phases	p. 23
Plan 1003V	p. 23
Buildup	p. 24
Five Fronts	p. 25
Resolve	p. 25
Regional Commands	p. 26
Afghanistan	p. 27
Resourcing	p. 27
Materiel	p. 27
Personnel	p. 28
International Goodwill	p. 28
SOCCENT Planning	p. 29
Missions	p. 29
Planning	p. 29
EUCOM's Role	p. 31
Special Operations Command Europe	p. 31
Turkey	p. 32
Army SOF's Missions	p. 32
5th Special Forces Group	p. 33
10th Special Forces Group	p. 33
The "Tyranny of Time"	p. 36
Preparing for War	p. 39
Conventional Preparations	p. 41
ARSOF Preparations	p. 43
Organizing the Force	p. 44
Mobilizing the Force	p. 53
Staging for War	p. 73
The Force	p. 75
CFLCC	p. 76
CFACC	p. 77
CFSOCC	p. 77
Events	p. 78
Rules of the Game	p. 78
Standing Up the CJSOTFs	p. 80
Summary	p. 108
War Begins	p. 109
Conventional Operations	p. 112
D-Day	p. 112
G-Day	p. 112
A-Day	p. 114
ARSOF Operations	p. 115
CJSOTF-North	p. 116
CJSOTF-West	p. 123
Other ARSOF	p. 169
Summary	p. 184
War Pauses	p. 185
Conventional Operations	p. 187
ARSOF Operations	p. 191
CJSOTF-North	p. 193
CJSOTF-West	p. 203
Other ARSOF	p. 211
Summary	p. 235
War Accelerates	p. 237
Conventional Forces	p. 240
Five Simultaneous Attacks	p. 240
ARSOF Operations	p. 246
CJSOTF-North	p. 246
CJSOTF-West	p. 264
Other ARSOF	p. 292
Summary	p. 333
Baghdad and Beyond	p. 335
CFSOCC Jumps to Baghdad	p. 337
SOF and the Media	p. 339
Conventional Operations	p. 344
ARSOF Operations	p. 363
CJSOTF-North	p. 363
CJSOTF-West	p. 386
Other ARSOF	p. 396
Summary	p. 403
War Transitions	p. 405
Conventional Operations	p. 408
CFSOCC/SOCCENT	p. 420
CJSOTF-AP	p. 421
Sustaining Operations	p. 424
Other ARSOF	p. 426
Summary	p. 440
Conclusion	p. 443
Observations and Reflections	p. 449
The Army Field Order	p. 452
Situation	p. 452
Mission	p. 454
Execution	p. 455
Administration and Logistics	p. 462
Command and Control	p. 464
Summary	p. 465
Chapter Notes	p. 467
Glossary	p. 503
Contributors	p. 506
Index	p. 508
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