War in Iraq

<p>This volume provides a collection of insightful essays on all phases of the Iraq War: both US-led major combat operations to defeat the Ba’athist regime as well as efforts to reconstruct the country and defeat the insurgency. </p><p>Written by leading scholars on the Iraq War many of whom have practical first-hand experience of the war the book includes a Conclusion by leading US strategic thinker Eliot Cohen. This is the first work on the Iraq War to incorporate an understanding of the Iraqi side of the war based on a systematic analysis of captured Iraqi archives. </p><p><em>War in Iraq</em> will be of great interest to students of the Iraq War small wars and insurgencies international security and strategic studies in general.</p>