The Last Card : : Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq /

The Last Card : : Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq / / ed. by Hal Brands, Jeffrey A. Engel, Timothy Andrews Sayle, William Inboden.

This is the real story of how George W. Bush came to double-down on Iraq in the highest stakes gamble of his entire presidency. Drawing on extensive interviews with nearly thirty senior officials, including President Bush himself. The Last Card offers an unprecedented look into the process by which...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Betts, Richard K.,
Dueck, Colin,
Feaver, Peter,
Hadley, Stephen,
Immerman, Richard H.,
Jervis, Robert,
O'Sullivan, Meghan,
Preston, Andrew,
Rovner, Joshua,
Schake, Kori,
HerausgeberIn:
Brands, Hal,
Engel, Jeffrey A.,
Inboden, William,
Sayle, Timothy Andrews,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 4 maps, 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editorial Note
  • Introduction: The American Occupation Of Iraq By 2006 And The Search For A New Strategy Timothy Andrews Sayle And Hal Brands
  • Part 1
  • 1. America'S War In Iraq: 2003-2005
  • 2. This Strategy Is Not Working: January- June 2006
  • 3. Together Forward? June-August 2006
  • 4. Silos And Stovepipes: September- October 2006
  • 5. Setting The Stage: Early November 2006
  • 6. A Sweeping Internal Review: Mid-Late November 2006
  • 7. Choosing To Surge: December 2006
  • 8. What Kind Of Surge? Late December 2006-January 2007
  • Part 2
  • 9. How The "Surge" Came To Be
  • 10. Iraq, Vietnam, And The Meaning Of Victory
  • 11. Decisions And Politics
  • 12. Blood, Treasure, And Time: Strategy-Making For The Surge
  • 13. Strategy And The Surge
  • 14. Civil-Military Relations And The 2006 Iraq Surge
  • 15. The Bush Administration'S Decision To Surge In Iraq: A Long And Winding Road
  • 16. The President As Policy Entrepreneur: George W. Bush And The 2006 Iraq Strategy Review
  • Appendix A. Cast Of Characters
  • Appendix B. Time Line
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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