Zarqawi's Sfumato: Operational Art in Irregular Warfare

U.S. military doctrine defines operational art within the domain of conventional warfare. This book evolves the conventional understanding of operational art into the domain of irregular warfare. Al Qaeda in Iraq, as led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, orchestrated seemingly disjointed attacks against random targets from 2004 to 2006. This book determines that Zarqawi employed a unique form of operational art through deliberately planned and synchronized attacks to achieve a specific aim.The book ...