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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Sayle, Timothy A. (Editor), Engel, Jeffrey A. (Editor), Brands, Hal, 1983- (Editor), Inboden, William, 1972- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Decision making. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns. Counterinsurgency > Iraq > History. Military planning > United States. United States > Military policy > Decision making. Iraq > Politics and government > 2003-

Table of Contents:

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.