The three circles of war [electronic resource] : understanding the dynamics of conflict in Iraq / edited by Heather S. Gregg, Hy S. Rothstein, and John Arquilla.

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ISBN:

9781597976022

Title:

The three circles of war [electronic resource] : understanding the dynamics of conflict in Iraq / edited by Heather S. Gregg, Hy S. Rothstein, and John Arquilla.

Author:

Gregg, Heather S.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps

Contents:

Analytical framework : the three circles of war and Iraq / John Arquilla, Heather S. Gregg, and Hy S. Rothstein -- Identity politics and the war in Iraq / Glenn E. Robinson -- Political development in Iraq / Heather S. Gregg -- An economic view of security and reconstruction / Raymond E. Franck, Jr. -- Lessons from reconstructing indigenous security forces in Iraq / Hy S. Rothstein -- Insurgent and terrorist finances in Iraq / Michael E. Freeman -- The Internet and the Iraq conflict / Dorothy E. Denning -- Intelligence and the wars in Iraq / Joshua Rovner -- Legal dimensions / Christopher M. Ford -- Ethics in the three circles of war / Russell Muirhead, Jr. -- A system dynamics modeling perspective of Iraq's conflicts / Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid -- Metrics in Iraq's complex conflict environment / Karen Guttieri -- System modeling of U.S. efforts as applied to the War on Terrorism in Iraq and Iraq's infrastructure resiliency : the indicators of force multipliers (INFORM) model / William P. Fox -- Strategic communications / Robert Reilly -- Strategic dimensions of the Iraq conflict / John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer -- Considerations for leaving Iraq / Heather S. Gregg, Hy S. Rothstein, and John Arquilla.

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Subject Term:

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Civil war -- Iraq.

Insurgency -- Iraq.

Internal security -- Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq.

Military planning -- United States.

Geographic Term:

Iraq -- Strategic aspects.

Added Author:

Gregg, Heather S.

Rothstein, Hy S.

Arquilla, John.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

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Summary

The conflict in Iraq is characterized by three faces of war: interstate conflict, civil war, and insurgency. The Coalition's invasion of Iraq in March 2003 began as an interstate war. No sooner had Saddam Hussein been successfully deposed, however, than U.S.-led forces faced a lethal insurgency. After Sunni al Qaeda in Iraq bombed the Shia al-Askari Shrine in 2006, the burgeoning conflict took on the additional element of civil war with sectarian violence between the Sunni and the Shia.

The most effective strategies in a war as complicated as the three-level conflict in Iraq are intertwined and complementary, according to the editors of this volume. For example, the "surge" in U.S. troops in 2007 went beyond an increase in manpower; the mission had changed, giving priority to public security. This new direction also simultaneously addressed the insurgency as well as the civil war by forging new, trusting relationships between Americans and Iraqis and between Sunni and Shia. This book has broad implications for future decisions about war and peace in the twenty-first century.