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Cradle of conflict : Iraq and the birth of modern U.S. military power / Michael Andrew Knights.
| Author/creator | Knights, Michael |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xxiii, 462 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The challenge -- Raising the shield -- Iraqi "saber-rattling" -- Building the forces: Operation Desert Shield -- Intelligence preparation of the battlefield -- Knowing the enemy -- Defense-in-depth: Iraqi land-warfare capabilities -- "KARI": Iraq's integrated air-defense system -- Iraq's long-range strike capabilities -- Cold warriors in the desert -- Forging the sword -- Initial planning -- Role of air power in offensive planning -- An audacious plan -- Desert Storm: strategic attack -- Iraqi withholding of strategic air-defense efforts -- Empty battlefield: Scud-hunting in 1991 -- Costs and benefits of broader strategic targeting -- On balance: the strategic air campaign -- Desert Saber: air-land battle -- The cluttered battlefield -- "Plinking" tanks and other targets in the KTO -- Bomb-damage assessment in Desert Storm -- Assessing and controlling the preparation of the battlefield -- Ground war begins -- Failure to trap the Republican Guard -- Postwar characterization of Desert Storm -- The war between the wars -- After the storm -- US responses to ongoing Iraqi resistance -- Failure of the 1991 uprisings against Saddam -- Postwar resistance to the cease-fire terms -- Creation of a southern no-fly zone -- Building to crisis -- January 1993 strikes on Iraq -- "Tomahawk diplomacy" -- June 1993 cruise-missile strike -- "Basra breakout"--Iraq's October 1994 feint toward Kuwait -- Struggle to maintain containment -- Saddam's invasion of Kurdistan -- Operation Desert Strike -- Fallout from the era of "tomahawk diplomacy" -- "Cheat and retreat": Iraq's resistance to UN inspections -- Protecting the U-2 flights over Iraq -- Development of enlarged coercive options -- "Cheat-and-retreat" crises -- Disarming Iraq -- Striking the concealment mechanism -- Bulking out the target sets -- On regime change -- Last "cheat-and-retreat" episode -- Operation Desert Fox -- Reflections on Desert Fox -- Prelude to war: the no-fly zones after Desert Fox -- Centralized execution in Operation Southern Watch -- Decentralized rollback in Operation Northern Watch -- Putting the brakes on Northern Watch -- Devolution and evolution of Iraqi air defenses by 2001 -- February 2001 strike -- Trying to back off in Operation Southern Watch -- Ending resistance -- Transitioning to war -- Planning operation Iraqi Freedom -- Operation Southern Focus and the slide to war -- Failure of "cheat and retreat" in 2003 -- Start of Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Ground before air--reordering Operation Iraqi Freedom -- "Shock and awe?"--neutering the strategic air campaign -- The march on Baghdad -- The unge northward -- Running into quicksand -- Failed deep strike against the Medina division -- "Smackdown": bombing through the sandstorm -- Entering the cities -- Shaping the coming battle for Baghdad -- The end of Saddam Hussein's regime -- Ending resistance -- The Challenge Project -- Broader insurgency -- Defensive and offensive coalition responses -- Calibrating force -- "No-go" zones and Iraq's season of battles -- Securing the elections -- Epilogue: America's fifteen-year war in Iraq -- Analyzing Iraqi resistance -- Exposure of U.S. military weaknesses. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-441) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005021002 |
| ISBN | 1591144442 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS79.76.K62 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |