| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 152 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152). |
| Contents |
Saddam made strategic miscalculations -- Saddam's internal security concerns weakened Iraqi defenses against external attack -- Iraq's military strategy and operations were poorly designed and executed -- Poor motivation and morale decisively undermined the Iraqi defense -- Superior military capabilities gave Coalition forces an overwhelming advantage -- Concluding observations. |
| Summary |
Draws upon information derived primarily from interviews with and interrogations of senior Iraqi military and civilian officials to examine why the Iraqi resistance in March and April 2003 was so weak. It focuses on two questions: (1) Why did the Iraqi Regular Army and Republican Guard forces do so little fighting? and (2) Why did Iraqi leaders fail to adopt certain defensive measures that would have made the Coalition's task more difficult? |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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Iraq -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness.
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Iraq. |
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Armed Forces. |
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Iraq -- History -- 1991-2003.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1991-2003 |
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1991-2011 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hosmer, Stephen T. Why the Iraqi resistance to the coalition invasion was so weak. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2007 9780833040169 (DLC) 2007014369 (OCoLC)122701919 |
| ISBN |
9780833042606 (electronic book) |
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0833042602 (electronic book) |
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1281181021 |
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9781281181022 |
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9786611181024 |
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6611181024 |
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9780833040169 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0833040162 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Report No. |
RAND/MG-544-AF |
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