This book chronicles America's struggle with the city of Fallujah. Beginning with the arrival of Americans on their way to Baghdad in 2003, it details the movements, counter-movements and misunderstandings that led up to the eventual standoff. It looks at how the power struggle in the inner circle of the CJTF-7 (essentially the American command) resulted in conflicting strategies for guiding the country to recoverya "War of Ideas" versus a "Test of Wills." Lack of cultural understanding, multiple political agendas and increasing outrages on both sides complicated an already tense situation. Finally, the work provides a day-by-day account of the siege which eventually retook the city of Fallujah in November 2004 (four months after occupation was scheduled to end).
This book chronicles America's struggle with the city of Fallujah. Beginning with the arrival of Americans on their way to Baghdad in 2003, it details the movements, counter-movements and misunderstandings that led up to the eventual standoff. It looks at how the power struggle in the inner circle of the CJTF-7 (essentially the American command) resulted in conflicting strategies for guiding the country to recoverya "War of Ideas" versus a "Test of Wills." Lack of cultural understanding, multiple political agendas and increasing outrages on both sides complicated an already tense situation. Finally, the work provides a day-by-day account of the siege which eventually retook the city of Fallujah in November 2004 (four months after occupation was scheduled to end).
The Battle for Fallujah: Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq
240The Battle for Fallujah: Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780786426775 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 12/29/2006 |
Pages: | 240 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |