After Saddam : prewar planning and the occupation of Iraq / / Nora Bensahel ... [et al.].

• Author: United States. Army.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bensahel, Nora, 1971-; United States. Army.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the United States Army."; "MG-642-A"--P. [4] of cover.

Examines prewar planning efforts for postwar Iraq, the role of U.S. military forces after the end of major combat, and civilian efforts at reconstruction.

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; CHAPTER TWO- Military Planning Efforts; CENTCOM Operational Planning; Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) Phase IV Planning; Planning at V Corps and Subordinate Commands; Observations; CHAPTER THREE- Civilian Planning Efforts; Interagency Planning: The ESG and the IPMC; The Office of the Secretary of Defense; State Department Planning; USAID Planning; The National Security Council; Other Analyses of Postwar Requirements; CHAPTER FOUR- Task Force IV

Establishing Task Force IV Task Force IV Planning; Operational Challenges; The Dissolution of Task Force IV; CHAPTER FIVE- The Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance; Organization and Staffing; ORHA Planning; Deploying to Kuwait; Arriving in Baghdad; CHAPTER SIX- Humanitarian Planning; Interagency Humanitarian Planning; IO and NGO Frustrations; Actual Humanitarian Requirements; Assessing Humanitarian Planning; CHAPTER SEVEN- Combat Operations During Phase IV; Phase IVa: Stability Operations; Phase IVb: Recovery Operations; CHAPTER EIGHT- The Coalition Provisional Authority

The Origins and Authorities of CPA Goals; Other Governing Institutions; Organization of CPA; Location and Staffing; Relations with CJTF-7; Concluding Observations; CHAPTER NINE- Building New Iraqi Security Forces; Defining and Building Iraqi Security Forces; Building the MoI; Creating the Iraqi Police Service (IPS); The Facilities Protection Services; The Border Police; High-End MoI Forces; Ministry of Defense; The Iraqi Armed Forces; Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC); Intelligence; National Security Decision making Structures; Iraqi Armed Forces and the Handover of Power

Integrating the Armed Forces and Militias Not Under Government Control Concluding Observations; CHAPTER TEN- Governance and Political Reconstruction; Prewar Planning for Postwar Governance; Postwar Governance: The Iraqi Governing Council; The November 15 Agreement and the Transfer of Authority; The Transitional Administrative Law; Provincial and City Governance; Lessons Learned; CHAPTER ELEVEN- Economic Policy; Economic Conditions in Iraq at the End of Major Combat; Economic Policies Pursued by CPA; Economic Policy Changes That Were Not Fully Implemented; Lessons Learned

CHAPTER TWELVE- Essential Services and InfrastructureStatus at the End of Major Combat; Prewar Assumptions; Contracting for the Resumption of Essential Services; The Players: Who Was Involved in Reconstruction; Financing; Coordinating and Implementing Reconstruction Projects; Results as of June 28, 2004; CHAPTER THIRTEEN- Assessing Postwar Efforts; Shaping the Plan; Lessons for the Army; APPENDIX- Strategic Studies Institute's Mission Matrix for Iraq; Bibliography