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Baghdad at Sunrise

A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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Baghdad at Sunrise

A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq

By: Peter R. Mansoor

An on-the-ground commander describes his brigade's first year in Iraq after the U.S. forces seized Baghdad in the spring of 2003, and explains what went right and wrong as the U.S. military confronted an insurgency, in a firsthand analysis of success and failure in Iraq.

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Yale University Press

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0300142633

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9780300142631

Surge

My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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Surge

My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

By: Peter R. Mansoor

A member of General David Petraeus' personal staff provides the first full insider account of the troop surge in Iraq.

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Yale University Press

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0300172354

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9780300172355

The GI Offensive in Europe

The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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The GI Offensive in Europe

The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945

By: Peter R. Mansoor

The German Wehrmacht was one of the most capable fighting forces the world has ever known, but in the end it was no match for the Allies. Some historians contend that the Allies achieved victory through brute force and material superiority. But, as Peter Mansoor argues, all of the material produced by U.S. industry was useless without trained soldiers to operate it, a coherent doctrine for its use, and leaders who could effectively command the formations into which it was organized. This book provides a comprehensive study of America's infantry combat performance in Europe during World War II, showing that the Army succeeded by developing combat effective divisions that could not only fight and win battles, but also sustain that effort over years of combat. While American industry admittedly enabled the U.S. to sustain its overseas armies, the effectiveness of those forces ultimately rested on their organizational capabilities and ability to adapt to combat in a variety of lethal environments and to learn from their mistakes. Mansoor analyzes the impact of personnel and logistical systems on the Army's strength, explaining how leaders used these systems to keep a small number of divisions at a high state of combat effectiveness. During the critical battles of 1944-45, American divisions were able to sustain this high level while their Wehrmacht counterparts disintegrated, demonstrating that the Army's endurance in extended combat was the most critical factor in its ultimate success. Mansoor also takes a close look at the personalities and capabilities of division commanders, infantry tactics and operations, logistics, and the benefits and weaknesses of stateside training. The American army won, asserts Mansoor, because unit for unit at the division level it was more effective than its adversaries. By showing how U.S. infantry developed more quickly and fought better than commonly believed, The GI Offensive in Europe contributes significantly to the history of the U.S. Army in the European theater and to our overall understanding of military effectiveness.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700612262

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9780700612260

The End of Grand Strategy

US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century

By: Simon Reich,Peter Dombrowski

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The End of Grand Strategy

US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century

By: Simon Reich,Peter Dombrowski

In The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America’s military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the global system, the inevitable jostling of bureaucratic politics, and the practical limitations of field operations combine to ensure that each presidential administration inevitably resorts to a variety of strategies. Proponents of different American grand strategies have historically focused on the pivotal role of the Navy. In response, Reich and Dombrowski examine six major maritime operations, each of which reflects one major strategy. One size does not fit all, say the authors—the attempt to impose a single overarching blueprint is no longer feasible. Reich and Dombrowski declare that grand strategy, as we know it, is dead. The End of Grand Strategy is essential reading for policymakers, military strategists, and analysts and critics at advocacy groups and think tanks.

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Cornell University Press

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1501714635

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9781501714634

Armed Groups

The Twenty-First-Century Threat

By: Peter G. Thompson

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Armed Groups

The Twenty-First-Century Threat

By: Peter G. Thompson

Armed Groups is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, yet underexplored theoretical literature, this study presents students with the tools to methodically examine these often overlooked, but key drivers of violence in the international system. Additionally, globalization, the privatization of force, and the return of great power competition have altered the security landscape and enhanced armed group threats. These forces have also led to an increasing overlap between conflict and crime, and a growth in the state use of armed group proxies. Coming to terms with armed groups—their objectives, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them—remains a critical task for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers alike in understanding the changing nature of war. This second edition, updated throughout, includes new material on the importance of private military companies, the shift to sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of conflict, the return of great power politics, the increased use of social media and advanced technology, and the increasingly criminalized nature of armed groups. ,

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538168650

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9781538168653

The GI Offensive in Europe

The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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Surge

My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

By: Peter R. Mansoor

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Surge

My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

By: Peter R. Mansoor

“The definitive account . . . A fascinating combination of grand strategy and personal vignettes” (Max Boot, The Wall Street Journal). Finalist for the 2013 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History Surge is an insider’s view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the controversial new US Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency doctrine was developed; to Washington, DC, and the halls of the Pentagon, where the joint chiefs of staff struggled to understand the conflict; to the streets of Baghdad, where soldiers worked to implement the surge and reenergize the flagging war effort before the Iraqi state splintered; and to the halls of Congress, where Amb. Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus testified in some of the most contentious hearings in recent history. Using newly declassified documents, unpublished manuscripts, interviews, author notes, and published sources, Surge explains how President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ambassador Crocker, General Petraeus, and other US and Iraqi political and military leaders shaped the surge from the center of the maelstrom in Baghdad and Washington. “This is one of the best books to emerge from the Iraq War. I expect it will be remembered as one of the most insightful accounts from an insider of the key ‘surge’ phase of that conflict. The chapter on the Sunni Awakening especially stands out as a terrific overview of that critical development.” —Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco

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0300199163

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Baghdad at Sunrise

Baghdad at Sunrise

Surge

Surge

The GI Offensive in Europe

The GI Offensive in Europe

The End of Grand Strategy

The End of Grand Strategy

Armed Groups

Armed Groups

The GI Offensive in Europe

The GI Offensive in Europe

Surge

Surge

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