Achieving Victory in Iraq
  • Fresh and provocative view of the war in Iraq from 2 staff officers, as compared to books by embedded reporters or enlisted soldiers
  • Outlines a straightforward strategy for achieving victory with critical assessment of what has gone wrong so far
  • Authors have served a combined total of more than 60 months in Iraq
    In his bestselling book Fiasco, journalist Thomas Ricks wrote, "There was no plan for the aftermath of the conventional war in Iraq." But there was a strategy, argue U.S. Army officers Dominic Caraccilo and Andrea Thompson based on their experiences with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, where they participated in tactical, operational, and strategic decision making. Even if its execution was muddled, that strategy involved handing the battle over to increasingly capable Iraqi Security Forces, and it remains the best shot at victory. Caraccilo and Thompson draw on their firsthand experiences training Iraqi troops and conducting security operations to show how that strategy has succeeded in parts of Iraq and how it can be expanded to bring victory to the whole country.
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Achieving Victory in Iraq
  • Fresh and provocative view of the war in Iraq from 2 staff officers, as compared to books by embedded reporters or enlisted soldiers
  • Outlines a straightforward strategy for achieving victory with critical assessment of what has gone wrong so far
  • Authors have served a combined total of more than 60 months in Iraq
    In his bestselling book Fiasco, journalist Thomas Ricks wrote, "There was no plan for the aftermath of the conventional war in Iraq." But there was a strategy, argue U.S. Army officers Dominic Caraccilo and Andrea Thompson based on their experiences with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, where they participated in tactical, operational, and strategic decision making. Even if its execution was muddled, that strategy involved handing the battle over to increasingly capable Iraqi Security Forces, and it remains the best shot at victory. Caraccilo and Thompson draw on their firsthand experiences training Iraqi troops and conducting security operations to show how that strategy has succeeded in parts of Iraq and how it can be expanded to bring victory to the whole country.
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Achieving Victory in Iraq

Achieving Victory in Iraq

Achieving Victory in Iraq

Achieving Victory in Iraq

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Overview

  • Fresh and provocative view of the war in Iraq from 2 staff officers, as compared to books by embedded reporters or enlisted soldiers
  • Outlines a straightforward strategy for achieving victory with critical assessment of what has gone wrong so far
  • Authors have served a combined total of more than 60 months in Iraq
    In his bestselling book Fiasco, journalist Thomas Ricks wrote, "There was no plan for the aftermath of the conventional war in Iraq." But there was a strategy, argue U.S. Army officers Dominic Caraccilo and Andrea Thompson based on their experiences with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, where they participated in tactical, operational, and strategic decision making. Even if its execution was muddled, that strategy involved handing the battle over to increasingly capable Iraqi Security Forces, and it remains the best shot at victory. Caraccilo and Thompson draw on their firsthand experiences training Iraqi troops and conducting security operations to show how that strategy has succeeded in parts of Iraq and how it can be expanded to bring victory to the whole country.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811703888
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 08/21/2008
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Col. Dominic J. Caraccilo has served three tours in Iraq as operations officer of the 101st Airborne Division and commander of an airborne battalion. A decorated combat veteran, he is a graduate of West Point and holds master's degrees from the Naval War College and Cornell. He is based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Lt. Col. Andrea L. Thompson has served two tours in Iraq as an intelligence officer for the 101st Airborne. She is currently special assistant to the Army Chief of Staff at the Pentagon.

Table of Contents


Foreword     iv
Introduction     xii
From Euphoria to Complacency     1
The Changing Face of Battle: Diagnosing an Insurgency     29
Just or Unjust War? A Historical Bridge     59
The Decisive Nature of Leadership     99
The Good Enough Solution     135
Notes     185
Bibliography     199
Acknowledgments     207
Index     209
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