Iraqi Security Forces - A Strategy For Success (Hardcover)

This title examines efforts to create effective Iraqi military, security, and police forces. This volume documents both the initial mistakes and the changes in U.S. policy that now offer real hope of success in Iraq. Although the United States understood neither the strategic situation in Iraq, nor the value of Iraqi military, security, and police forces in fighting the growing insurgency, the country undertook a series of policy changes in June 2004 that may well correct these mistakes and create the kind of Iraqi forces that are vital to both Iraq's future and any successful reduction in foreign forces and eventual withdrawal from Iraq. In this book, Cordesman sets a number of U.S. policy priorities that must be attained if Iraqi forces are to be created at anything like the levels of strength and competence that are required. He is convinced that pursuing the right programme consistently and with the right resources may well succeed in solving the security aspects of the nation-building problem in Iraq. The history of U.S. efforts to create Iraqi forces is a warning that Americans at every level need to think about what alliance and cooperation mean in creating allied forces for forms of asymmetric warfare. What is equally clear is that Americans must understand that they have a moral and ethical responsibility to the forces they are creating. The author is a high-profile commentator on the war in Iraq. Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., this work addresses one of most important elements for establishing stability in post-Saddam Iraq, and presents a balanced viewpoint that will appeal to both supporters and critics of the war.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	November 2005
Authors:	Anthony H. Cordesman
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-98908-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-275-98908-9
Barcode:	9780275989088

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