Book/Printed Material Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : removing Saddam Hussein by force

Title

• Decisionmaking in Operation Iraqi Freedom : removing Saddam Hussein by force

Summary

• One of the defining characteristics of strategy making in the Bush administration was the treatment of any decision involving transnational terrorism as a crisis with a limited slate of participants and a minimal role for professional expertise except on operational and technical considerations. When the administration broke from its predecessors and chose to approach the Iraq issue as part of the war on terrorism rather than as simply an element of regional stability, it shifted to a crisis decision mode. This was unusual since the Iraq conflict did not meet the usual requirements for a crisis: a very high threat and limited decision time. This initial volume provides a review of decisions made by senior military and civilian leaders during the several years thus far of the war in Iraq, and focuses on the how and why certain decisions were made.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Names

• Metz, Steven, 1956-
• Martin, John R. (John Robert), 1952-
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

• Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Contents

• Introduction -- Decisionmakers -- Defining the issue -- Decision shapers -- Political and strategic context -- An iterative decision -- Facts -- Assumptions -- Options -- The decisionmaking process -- Analysis and conclusions.

Headings

• -  Bush, George W.--(George Walker),--1946---Military leadership
• -  Hussein, Saddam,--1937-2006
• -  Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes
• -  Iraq War, 2003-2011--Decision making
• -  Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects
• -  Just war doctrine
• -  United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects

Notes

• -  "February 2010."
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-67).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xx, 67 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• DS79.757
• DS79.66.H87

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692752

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2023692752

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2023692752

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