商品簡介
The aim of this book is to compare and contrast two very different U.S. military campaigns, Iraq and Afghanistan, through the lens of national strategic interests. It also offers a concluding assessment of the concurrent fighting of two wars. Topics include: the 9/11 attacks and the decision to go to war in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Iraqi Freedom Campaign, the Afghan campaign as a secondary theater, the Casey strategy in Iraq, the 2007 Baghdad surge, and the end of combat in Iraq. Authors are Ballard (National War College) and Lamm and Wood (Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense U.). Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)