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245 14 a| The 2008 battle of Sadr Cityh| [electronic resource] /c| David E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon.;

246 3 a| Two-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City;

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300 a| xiii, 21 p. :b| col. ill., col. maps ;c| 28 cm.;

490 1 a| Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;v| OP-335-A;

500 a| "Prepared for the United States Army.";

500 a| "Rand Arroyo Center.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).;

505 0 a| The 2008 battle of Sadr City -- Background -- Methodology -- Setting conditions -- The area of operations -- Mission: stop the rockets and defeat criminal militias in Sadr City -- The ground fight in Sadr City: heavy armor matters -- The counter rocket fight -- Exploitation -- Key insights from the fight -- Reimagining urban operations as wide area security missions.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The 2008 Battle of Sadr City, which took place in Baghdad nearly 15 months after the beginning of the U.S. "surge" in Iraq, has received relatively little scholarly attention. However, the coalition's defeat of Jaish al-Mahdi after six weeks of high-intensity fighting offers important lessons for the U.S. Army as it prepares for future operations. Using after-action reports, briefings, other primary sources, and interviews with combatants and officials involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the battle, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of land operations. Their analysis identifies the following factors as critical to the coalition victory: supporting ground maneuver elements with integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and strike assets; the key roles played by heavy forces, snipers, and special operations forces; decentralized decisionmaking; capable indigenous security forces; and rapid transitions from phase to phase. The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas: treating an urban area as a wide-area security mission. Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which cities were essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in this battle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditions that would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operate effectively and possible to restore security to the broader population."--P. [4] of cover.;

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The 2008 battle of Sadr City / David E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon.

Author/creator	Johnson, David E.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Santa Monica CA : RAND,
Description	xiii, 21 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Sadr City, Battle of, Baghdad, Iraq, 2008. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns. --Iraq. --Baghdad. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Urban warfare. --Case studies. Counterinsurgency--Iraq. --Baghdad.

Other author/creator	Markel, M. Wade.
Other author/creator	Shannon, Brian.
Other author/creator	Rand Corporation.
Other author/creator	Arroyo Center.
Other author/creator	United States. Army.
Variant title	Two-thousand-eight battle of Sadr City
Series	Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-335-A Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-335-A. ^A710917
Contents	The 2008 battle of Sadr City -- Background -- Methodology -- Setting conditions -- The area of operations -- Mission: stop the rockets and defeat criminal militias in Sadr City -- The ground fight in Sadr City: heavy armor matters -- The counter rocket fight -- Exploitation -- Key insights from the fight -- Reimagining urban operations as wide area security missions.
Abstract	"The 2008 Battle of Sadr City, which took place in Baghdad nearly 15 months after the beginning of the U.S. "surge" in Iraq, has received relatively little scholarly attention. However, the coalition's defeat of Jaish al-Mahdi after six weeks of high-intensity fighting offers important lessons for the U.S. Army as it prepares for future operations. Using after-action reports, briefings, other primary sources, and interviews with combatants and officials involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the battle, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of land operations. Their analysis identifies the following factors as critical to the coalition victory: supporting ground maneuver elements with integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and strike assets; the key roles played by heavy forces, snipers, and special operations forces; decentralized decisionmaking; capable indigenous security forces; and rapid transitions from phase to phase. The authors conclude that the Battle of Sadr City presents a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas: treating an urban area as a wide-area security mission. Unlike previous urban operations against insurgents, in which cities were essentially besieged and then stormed, the objective in this battle was not to take and clear Sadr City but to create conditions that would make it both impossible for the insurgents to operate effectively and possible to restore security to the broader population."--P. [4] of cover.
General note	"Prepared for the United States Army."
General note	"Rand Arroyo Center."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Other forms	Also available via the Internet.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011030374
ISBN	9780833053015 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0833053019 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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