Research Catalog

Title

Ending the U.S. War in Iraq : the final transition, operational maneuver, and disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq / Richard R. Brennan, Jr., Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Ben Connable, Terrence K. Kelly, Michael J. McNerney, Stephanie Young, Jason Campbell, K. Scott McMahon.

Author

Brennan, Richard, 1954-

Publication

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ries, Charles P.
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

Description

lii, 536 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm

Summary

Over the course of the U.S. engagement in Iraq, the U.S. military managed hundreds of bases and facilities and used millions of pieces of equipment. The military was not only involved with security-related activities but also assisted in political and economic functions the host nation government or other U.S. departments would normally perform. A 2010 assessment identified that responsibility for 431 activities would need to be handed off to the government of Iraq, the U.S. embassy, U.S. Central Command, or other U.S. government departments. Ending the U.S. war in Iraq would also require redeploying over 100,000 military and civilian personnel and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property, including facilities, in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book looks at the planning and execution of this transition, using information gathered from historical documents and interviews with key players. It examines efforts to help Iraq build the capacity necessary to manage its own security absent a U.S. military presence. It also looks at the complications that arose from uncertainty over just how much of a presence the United States would continue to have beyond 2011 and how various posttransition objectives would be advanced. The authors also examine efforts to create an embassy intended to survive in a hostile environment by being entirely self-sufficient, performing missions the military previously performed. The authors draw lessons from these events that can help plan for ending future wars.

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-232-USFI.

Alternative Title

• Ending the US War in Iraq
• Ending the United States War in Iraq

Subjects

• United States
• United States > Armed Forces > Iraq
• Armed Forces
• Iraq War (2003-2011)
• Postwar reconstruction > Iraq
• Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Disengagement (Military science)
• Iraq
• 2003-2011

Note

• "RR-232-USFI"--Book jacket.
• "Prepared for the United States Forces-Iraq, Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-508) and index.

Contents

Part I. Setting the Stage -- Introduction: How Wars End -- The First Six Years -- Multi-National Force⁰́₃Iraq Transition Planning and Execution, 2009⁰́₃2010 -- Part II. Transition Management and Planning -- Transition Management -- The Influence of Washington and Baghdad on the Transition -- Part III. Executing the Transition and Retrograde of Forces -- Enduring Security Challenges -- Enhancing the Security Sector Capacity of the Government of Iraq -- Enabling an Expeditionary Embassy -- Reposture the Force -- Part IV. The Aftermath, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- After the Transition -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Comments of Ambassador James Jeffrey -- Appendix B: Joint Campaign Plan⁰́₄Base Document -- Appendix C: JCP Annex F⁰́₄Transition -- Appendix D: USF⁰́₁I J4 Joint Plans Integration Center Input -- Appendix E: USF⁰́₁I J4 Department of State Transition Cell RAND History Report -- Appendix F: Joint Logistics Operations Center Input.

Call Number

JFF 17-2169

ISBN

• 9780833082459
• 0833082450
• 9780833080479
• 0833080474

LCCN

2013032286

OCLC

855507227

Author

Brennan, Richard, 1954- author.

Title

Ending the U.S. War in Iraq : the final transition, operational maneuver, and disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq / Richard R. Brennan, Jr., Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Ben Connable, Terrence K. Kelly, Michael J. McNerney, Stephanie Young, Jason Campbell, K. Scott McMahon.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-232-USFI.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-508) and index.

Connect to:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR232.html

Chronological Term

2003-2011

Added Author

Ries, Charles P., author.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

Other Form:

Online version: Brennan, Richard, 1954- Ending the U.S. War in Iraq. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013 9780833080486 (DLC) 2013032713

Report No.

RAND/RR-232-USFI

Research Call Number

JFF 17-2169