TY  - BOOK
AU  - Metz,Steven
ED  - Army War College (U.S.).
TI  - Learning from Iraq: counterinsurgency in American strategy 
SN  - 1584872721
AV  - U241 .M111 2007
U1  - 355.02/18 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Carlisle, PA
PB  - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - United States
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-
KW  - Strategic aspects
N1  - "January 2007."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-127); The deadly bloom -- The road to Baghdad -- We planned for the wrong contingency -- Residual pockets of resistance -- A massive and long-term undertaking -- They had the training to stand and fight -- A powerful, deeply symbolic myth -- The prospect of an outright victory -- The core conflict has changed -- Adjusting transformation -- Transcending counterinsurgency -- A strategic after action review; Electronic version also available on the SSI website
N2  - While the involvement of the United States in counterinsurgency has a long history, it had faded in importance in the years following the end of the Cold War. When American forces first confronted it in Iraq, they were not fully prepared. Since then, the U.S. military and other government agencies have expended much effort to refine their counterinsurgency capabilities. But have they done enough?
UR  - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB752.pdf
ER  -