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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony H Cordesman |
| ISBN: | 0275982270 9780275982270 |
| OCLC Number: | 52821128 |
| Notes: | "Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C." |
| Description: | xiv, 572 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | List of tables and maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The limits of analysis : what we don't yet know -- 3. The forces engaged -- 4. The course of the war and the interaction of joint forces -- 5. Three debates : war plan and transformation, "Powell doctrine" versus "Rumsfeld doctrine," and the "new way of war" -- 6. Lessons about the interaction between military fundamentals and new tactics and technology -- 7. Lessons affecting the overall conduct of the war and joint forces -- 8. Air, missile, and land-based air defense forces -- 9. Lessons affecting army land forces -- 10. Lessons affecting marine corps land forces -- 11. Lessons affecting naval forces -- 12. Lessons relating to intelligence and weapons of mass destruction -- 13. Other lessons -- 14. Lessons from Iraqi problems and shortcomings -- 15. Lessons regarding the value of allies and build-up time -- 16. Military lessons relating to conflict termination, peacemaking, and nation building -- 17. Grand strategy : the civilian aspects of nation building and the challenge of winning the peace -- 18. Grand strategy: the outcome of the Iraq War and the new old Middle East -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | Anthony H. Cordesman. |
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