Research Catalog

Title

The last card [electronic resource] : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq / edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.

Publication

Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Details

Additional Authors

• Sayle, Timothy A.
• Engel, Jeffrey A.
• Brands, Hal, 1983-
• Inboden, William, 1972-

Description

1 online resource.

Summary

"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"--

Uniform Title

Last card (Online)

Subject

• 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-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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.

ISBN

• 9781501715198 (e-book epub/mobi)
• 9781501715204 (e-book pdf)

LCCN

2019009537

OCLC

ssj0002247261

Title

The last card [electronic resource] : inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq / edited by Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, and William Inboden.

Imprint

Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Note

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Sayle, Timothy A.

Engel, Jeffrey A.

Brands, Hal, 1983-

Inboden, William, 1972-

Other Form:

Print version: Last card Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501715181 (DLC) 2019009158