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All Roads Lead To Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Special Operations Command History Office Description: This book tells the story of Iraqi Freedom, the second Army Special Operations (ASO) campaign in America's global war on terrorism. Shows how the ASO supported a US-led conventional air and ground offensive to collapse the regime of Saddam Hussein and capture Baghdad. Year/Pages: 2006: 547 p.; ill. Price: $45.00 Boots on the Ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Combat Studies Institute Description: This official publication provides a concise historical study of the numbers of troops needed in contingency operations. It discusses past military operations, including the Philippines, 1899-1901, post-World War II Germany and Japan, the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, the Balkans in the 1990s, and Iraq, 2003-2005. Also discusses troop density of several United States city police departments. Year/Pages: 2006: 208 p.; ill. In Contact: Case Studies From the Long War, V. 1 Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Combat Studies Institute Description: Case studies include lethal and non-lethal missions performed by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The events chronicled span the spectrum of participants from officers to noncommissioned officers, and from combat units to support personnel, all in contact with a vicious and unforgiving enemy. Year/Pages: 2006: 170 p.; ill. Breaking the Mold: Tanks in the Cities Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Combat Studies Institute Description: This important monograph examines the use of tanks in urban warfare, including the 2004 battle of Fallujah. It seeks to provide insight and a historical precedence on the wisdom of employing tanks in an inherently dangerous dimension of the modern battlefield, intensifying the shortcomings in technological design and the lack of crew training for city fighting. Among the cases studied 2006. Year/Pages: 2006: 144 p.; ill. United States and the Persian Gulf: Reshaping Security Strategy for the Post-Containment Era Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies Description: Includes an introduction and sections on: United States interests and objectives; Gulf security perceptions and strategies; the regional military balance; United States defense strategy and force planning; the role of outside powers; and policy implications and recommendations. Year/Pages: 2003: 176 p.; ill. Price: $6.00 Operation AL FAJR: A Study In Army and Marine Corps Joint Operations Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Combat Studies Institute Description: In November 2004, a combined USMC, US Army, and Iraqi Army offensive succeeded in eliminating the enemy in Fallujah in a destructive urban battle. This book focuses on the ways in which Army and Marine forces operated together in the second Battle of Fallujah. Year/Pages: 2006: 99 p.; ill. Price: $9.00 Publisher: Executive Office of the President; and the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction Description: This Commission was established in 2004 and charged with examining the capabilities and challenges of the American intelligence community concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of foreign powers relating to the development, manufacture, acquisition, possession, proliferation, transfer, test potential or threatened use, or use of weapons of mass destruction, related means of delivery, and other related threats of the 21st Century. Year/Pages: 2005: 618 p. Price: $20.00 Publisher: Senate, Select Committee on Intelligence Description: Provides the Senate and the American public with a substantial record of the facts underlying the conclusions of the Committee regarding the intelligence community's prewar assessments of Iraq's programs for weapons of mass destruction and its ties to terrorism. Year/Pages: 2004: 527 p. Coming Soon:
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