THE U.S. ARMY IN THE IRAQ WAR: VOLUME 1- INVASION, INSURGENCY, CIVIL WAR 2003-2006
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2019
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United States Army War College Press
Abstract
In July 2013, 18 months after the last of our operating forces departed Iraq, I directed that the U.S. Army take steps to capture key lessons, insights, and innovations from our more than 8 years of conflict in that country. As the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, I strongly believed that having been at war continuously since the attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11), it was time to conduct an initial examination of the Army’s experiences in the post-9/11 wars, to determine their implications for our future operations, strategy, doctrine, force structure, and institutions. The two-volume study, The U.S. Army in the Iraq War by the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) Study Group is the first product of that effort...
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Iraq War, Invasion, Insurgency, Civil War
Citation
Godfroy, Jeanne; Zais, Matthew; Rayburn, Joel D.; Sobchak, Frank; Powell, James; and Morton, Matthew, "The U.S. Army in the Iraq War – Volume 1: Invasion – Insurgency – Civil War, 2003-2006" (2019).