The last card inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq

Title
  1. The last card [electronic resource] : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq / edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.
Published by
  1. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Sayle, Timothy A.
  2. Engel, Jeffrey A.
  3. Brands, Hal, 1983-
  4. Inboden, William, 1972-
Description
  1. 1 online resource.
Summary
  1. "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"--
Uniform title
  1. Last card (Online)
Subject
  1. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Decision making
  2. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns
  3. Counterinsurgency > Iraq > History
  4. Military planning > United States
  5. United States > Military policy > Decision making
  6. Iraq > Politics and government > 2003-
Contents
  1. 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.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of description (note)
  1. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Title
  1. The last card [electronic resource] : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq / edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.
Imprint
  1. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
  1. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
Added author
  1. Sayle, Timothy A.
  2. Engel, Jeffrey A.
  3. Brands, Hal, 1983-
  4. Inboden, William, 1972-
Other form:
  1. Print version: Last card Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501715181 (DLC) 2019009158
LCCN
  1. 2019009537
ISBN
  1. 9781501715198 (e-book epub/mobi)
  2. 9781501715204 (e-book pdf)
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