Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006)
| Основен автор: | Pirnie, Bruce, 1940- |
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| Автор-организации: | ebrary, Inc. |
| Други автори: | O'Connell, Edward. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Santa Monica, CA :
Rand,
2008.
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| Серия: |
Rand counterinsurgency study ;
v. 2. |
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
Съдържание:
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Overview of the conflict in Iraq
- Ba'athist regime
- Invasion of Iraq
- Occupation of Iraq
- First priority : setting up a constitutional government
- Spring
- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004)
- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections
- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence
- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold
- Armed groups in Iraq
- Overview
- Kurdish separatists
- Sunni Arab insurgents
- Violent extremists
- Shi'ite Arab militias
- Criminal gangs
- Insurgent use of terrorism
- Counterinsurgency in Iraq
- Organization and recognition of the U.S. COIN effort is slow to unfold
- Traditional U.S. military forces may need to be adjusted
- Fallujah
- Tal Afar
- Baghdad
- Air support
- Combatting improvised explosive devices
- Detainee operations
- U.S. development and support of Iraqi forces
- Iraqi police
- Iraqi armed forces
- Assessing progress in counterinsurgency
- Iraqi casualties and displacement
- Iraqi economy
- Iraqi opinion
- Accounting for success and failure
- Understanding Iraqi society
- Little planning for the occupation of Iraq
- The impact of a lack od international support for the war
- The disastrous effects of prematurely dismantling the Ba'athist regime
- The challenge of building a new Iraqi state from scratch
- Instituting a new system of justice
- Undertaking the reconstruction of Iraq
- The consequences of failing to maintain security early on military missions
- Lck of infiltration and tips hinder intelligence on the insurgency
- Building effective capabilities for counterinsurgency
- Use of force
- Public safety and security
- Partnering with and enabling indigenous forces
- Reporting on the enemy and infiltration
- Provision of essential services
- Informing and influencing operations
- Rigorous and coordinated detainee operations
- Recommendations
- Development of strategy
- Coalition-building
- Planning process
- Unity of effort
- Interagency process
- Host-nation governance
- Funding mechanisms
- Counterinsurgency as a mission
- Protection of the indigenous population
- Personnel policy
- U.S. Army special forces
- Partnership with indigenous forces
- Policing functions
- Brigade organization
- Gunship-like capability
- Intelligence collection and sharing.