Lessons encountered : learning from the long war /

Lessons encountered : learning from the long war / Learning from the long war edited by Richard D. Hooker, Jr., and Joseph J. Collins - Washington, DC : NDU Press, 2015 - 474 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references.

Initial planning and execution in Afghanistan and Iraq / Joseph J. Collins -- Strategic assessment and adaptation: The surges in Afghanistan and Iraq / Frank G. Hoffman and G. Alexander Crowther -- National-level coordination and implementation : How system attributes trumped leadership / Christopher J. Lamb and Megan Franco -- Raising and mentoring security forces / T.X. Hammes -- 9/11 and after: Legal issues, lessons, and irregular conflict / Nicholas Rostow and Harvey Rishikof -- Reflections on lessons encountered / Richard D. Hooker, Jr., and Joseph J. Collins -- About the contributors -- Annexes -- A. The Human and financial costs of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq / Sara Thannhauser and Christoff Luehrs -- B. Timeline for operations in Afghanistan -- C. Timeline for operations in Iraq.


warfare--military strategy--civil-military relations--USA


USA--defence policy--national security--decisionmaking--history--armed forces--Afghanistan--Iraq

lessons learned Iraq War, 2003-2011 Afghan War, 2001- operations other than war case studies