Research Catalog

Title

Operation Inherent Resolve : U.S. ground force contributions / Jeffrey Martini [and six others].

Author

Martini, Jeffrey

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2022]

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Details

Additional Authors

Arroyo Center.

Description

xxii, 245 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 23 cm.

Summary

This report, which provides a narrative account of four battles within Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and a review of U.S. ground force contributions to those battles, is intended to serve as an operational history and review of warfighting functions as applied to OIR. Although OIR was both a Coalition fight and joint one, the report's focus on U.S. ground forces is meant to address gaps both in analysis and in the common understanding of OIR. This research was structured according to the operational concept of by, with, and through. This concept refers to the U.S. military's reliance on local partners-either a host nation government or a local surrogate force-to prosecute ground fighting with U.S. support. That support typically encompasses U.S. advising and enablers and could involve U.S. forces accompanying the partner. Although the terminology is familiar to those working in national security, it has yet to be formalized in joint doctrine and there are inconsistencies in its usage. The authors trace the development of the concept and its application in OIR, then analyze how it might be better incorporated into military doctrine. The authors detail four battles: the counterattacks on Ramadi and on Fallujah, setting the conditions for Mosul, and the urban fight in Mosul. The choice of these operations was made to ensure treatment of the Euphrates and Tigris river valleys where the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was defeated in Iraq and to cover battles at different points in the overall campaign.

Series Statement

Research report / RAND Corporation ; RR-A719-1

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A719-1.

Alternative Title

Operation Inherent Resolve : United States ground force contributions

Subject

• IS (Organization)
• Armed Forces (United States)
• Since 2014
• Operation Inherent Resolve, 2014-
• Combined operations (Military science)
• Military assistance, American > Iraq
• Counterinsurgency > Iraq
• Military doctrine > United States
• Armed Forces
• Counterinsurgency
• Military assistance, American
• Military doctrine
• United States > Armed Forces > Iraq
• Iraq
• United States
• Syria

Note

• "RAND Arroyo Center."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO: What Is By, With, and Through? -- CHAPTER THREE: Overview of Command Structure and Deployments of U.S. Ground Forces -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Battle of Ramadi, October 2015-March 2016 -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Battle of Fallujah, December 2015-June 2016 -- CHAPTER SIX: Setting the Conditions for Mosul, April 2016-October 2016 -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Battles for East and West Mosul -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 23-162

ISBN

• 1977407684
• 9781977407689

OCLC

1346615523

Author

Martini, Jeffrey, author.

Title

Operation Inherent Resolve : U.S. ground force contributions / Jeffrey Martini [and six others].

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Research report / RAND Corporation ; RR-A719-1

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A719-1.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

Since 2014

Added Author

Arroyo Center.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-162