TY - BOOK AU - Donnelly,Thomas TI - Operation Iraqi Freedom: a strategic assessment SN - 0844741957 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - DS79.76 .D66 2004 U1 - 956.7044/3 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - AEI Press KW - Iraq War, 2003 N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Road to Baghdad, 1991 -- The political and strategic setting -- The 1991 Gulf War -- Containment under Clinton -- Smart sanctions and containment, "W" style -- The making of the Bush doctrine -- The road to war -- Military planning -- Planning for Iraq after 9/11 -- The need for speed -- "Go early, go ugly" -- Combat operations -- Into Iraq -- Piercing Saddam's shield -- On to Baghdad -- Removing the regime -- The counterinsurgency campaign -- Postwar chaos -- The counterinsurgency -- The war that hasn't happened -- Iraqi freedom : an assessment -- Politics, not as usual -- A doctrine in search of a strategy -- A spike-or the new baseline? ER -