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The last card : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq / edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.

Format Book and Print
Publication Info Ithaca [New York] ; London : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionviii, 408 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorSayle, Timothy A. editor.
Other author/creatorEngel, Jeffrey A., editor.
Other author/creatorBrands, Hal, 1983- editor.
Other author/creatorInboden, William, 1972- editor.
Contents America's war in Iraq : 2003-2005 -- This strategy is not working : January-June 2006 -- Together forward? : June-August 2006 -- Silos and stovepipes : September-October 2006 -- Setting the stage : early November 2006 -- A sweeping internal review : mid-late November 2006 -- Choosing to surge : December 2006 -- What kind of surge? : late December 2006-January 2007 -- How "the surge" came to be / Stephen Hadley, Peter Feaver, and Meghan O'Sullivan -- Iraq, Vietnam, and the meaning of victory / Andrew Preston -- Decisions and politics / Robert Jervis -- Blood, treasure, and time : strategy-making for the surge / Richard Betts -- Strategy and "the surge" / Joshua Rovner -- Civil military relations and the Iraq surge / Kori Schake -- A long and winding road / Richard H. Immerman -- The President as policy entrepreneur / Colin Dueck.
Abstract "An oral history of President George W. Bush's decision to surge troops to Iraq, accompanied by scholarly analysis by leading scholars of international security and presidential history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Last card Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501715198
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2019009158
ISBN9781501715181
ISBN1501715186 hardcover ; alkaline paper

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