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050		4	_aDS79.764.B35 _bJ64 2011
082	0	4	_a956.7044/342 _223
100	1		_aJohnson, David E. _q(David Eugene), _d1950-
245	1	4	_aThe 2008 battle of Sadr City _h[electronic resource] / _cDavid E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon.
246	3		_aTwo-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City
260			_aSanta Monica Calif. : _bRAND, _c2011.
300			_axiii, 21 p. : _bcol. ill., col. maps.
490	1		_aOccasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; _vOP-335-A
500			_a"Prepared for the United States Army."
500			_a"Rand Arroyo Center."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 21).
505	0		_aThe 2008 battle of Sadr City -- Background -- Methodology -- Setting conditions -- The area of operations -- Mission: stop the rockets and defeat criminal militias in Sadr City -- The ground fight in Sadr City: heavy armor matters -- The counter rocket fight -- Exploitation -- Key insights from the fight -- Reimagining urban operations as wide area security missions.
520			_a"The 2008 Battle of Sadr City, which took place in Baghdad nearly 15 months after the beginning of the U.S. "surge" in Iraq, has received relatively little scholarly attention. However, the coalition's defeat of Jaish al-Mahdi after six weeks of high-intensity fighting offers important lessons for the U.S. Army as it prepares for future operations. Using after-action reports, briefings, other primary sources, and interviews with combatants and officials involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the battle, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of land operations. Their analysis identifies the following factors as critical to the coalition victory: supporting ground maneuver elements with integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and strike assets; the key roles played by heavy forces, snipers, and special operations forces; decentralized decisionmaking; capable indigenous security forces; and rapid transitions from phase to phase. The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas: treating an urban area as a wide-area security mission. Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which cities were essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in this battle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditions that would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operate effectively and possible to restore security to the broader population."--P. [4] of cover.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-2011 _xCampaigns _zIraq _zBaghdad.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-2011 _xUrban warfare _vCase studies.
650		0	_aCounterinsurgency _zIraq _zBaghdad.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aMarkel, M. Wade.
700	1		_aShannon, Brian.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	2		_aArroyo Center.
710	1		_aUnited States. _bArmy.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aOccasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; _vOP-335-A.
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=863811 _zClick to View
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