The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons

Following an introductory chapter on the limits of analysis, The Iraq War devotes about 40 pages to the forces involved on both sides, nearly 100 to the course of the war, about 370 to "lessons" of various kinds, and about 50 to "the civilian aspects of nation building and the challen...

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Published in:Air & space power journal 2005, Vol.19 (2), p.107
Main Author: Hughes, Daniel J
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