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020 $a9781584874263
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050 00 $aDS79.757$b.M48 2010
050 14 $aDS79.66.H87$bM48 2010
100 1 $aMetz, Steven,$d1956-
245 10 $aDecisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom :$bremoving Saddam Hussein by force /$cSteven Metz ; John R. Martin, executive editor.
260 $aCarlisle, PA :$bStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,$c[2010]
300 $axx, 67 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aOperation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ;$vv. 1
500 $a"February 2010."
520 $aOne of the defining characteristics of strategy making in the Bush administration was the treatment of any decision involving transnational terrorism as a crisis with a limited slate of participants and a minimal role for professional expertise except on operational and technical considerations. When the administration broke from its predecessors and chose to approach the Iraq issue as part of the war on terrorism rather than as simply an element of regional stability, it shifted to a crisis decision mode. This was unusual since the Iraq conflict did not meet the usual requirements for a crisis: a very high threat and limited decision time. This initial volume provides a review of decisions made by senior military and civilian leaders during the several years thus far of the war in Iraq, and focuses on the how and why certain decisions were made.--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 54-67).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Decisionmakers -- Defining the issue -- Decision shapers -- Political and strategic context -- An iterative decision -- Facts -- Assumptions -- Options -- The decisionmaking process -- Analysis and conclusions.
530 $aAlso available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCauses.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDecision making.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMoral and ethical aspects.
600 10 $aHussein, Saddam,$d1937-2006.
600 10 $aBush, George W.$q(George Walker),$d1946-$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aJust war doctrine.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy$xMoral and ethical aspects.
700 1 $aMartin, John R.$q(John Robert),$d1952-
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute.
830 0 $aOperation Iraqi Freedom key decisions monograph series ;$vv. 1.
856 41 $uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB970.pdf