Operation Iraqi Freedom A Strategic Assessment

by Donnelly, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780844741956
• ISBN10: 0844741957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Aei Press

Summary

This study argues that the George W. Bush administration charted the correct strategy in Iraq, but has failed to match its military means to its strategic ends.

Author Biography

Thomas Donnelly is a resident fellow in defense and national security studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Executive Summary	ix
Prologue: The Road to Baghdad, 1991	xiii
Part I The Political and Strategic Setting	1	(28)
The 1991 Gulf War	6	(3)
Containment under Clinton	9	(6)
Smart Sanctions and Containment, ``W'' Style	15	(2)
The Making of the Bush Doctrine	17	(3)
The Road to War	20	(9)
Part II Military Planning	29	(23)
Planning for Iraq after 9/11	32	(6)
The Need for Speed	38	(8)
``Go Early, Go Ugly''	46	(6)
Part III Major Combat Operations	52	(33)
Into Iraq	53	(5)
Piercing Saddams Shield	58	(9)
On to Baghdad	67	(10)
Removing the Regime	77	(8)
Part IV The Counterinsurgency Campaign	85	(18)
Postwar Chaos	87	(1)
The Counterinsurgency	88	(11)
The War That Hasn't Happened	99	(4)
Part V Iraqi Freedom: An Assessment	103	(12)
Politics, Not as Usual	103	(4)
A Doctrine in Search of a Strategy	107	(4)
A Spike---or the New Baseline?	111	(4)
Notes	115	(10)
About the Author	125