U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2003 : Basrah, Baghdad and beyond / by Nicholas E. Reynolds.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terrorism.
Main Author: Reynolds, Nicholas (Nicholas E.)
Corporate Author: Marine Corps University (U.S.). History Division
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : History Division, U.S. Marine Corps, 2007.
Series:U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terrorism.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st.
United States. > Marine Corps > History > 21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:ix, 191 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm.
Also available via Internet from the Marines web site. Address as of 8/4/08: http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/U.S.%20Marines%20in%20Iraq,%202003%20Basrah,%20Baghdad%20and%20Beyond%20%20PCN%2010600000200%5F1.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Variant Title:
US Marines in Iraq 2003 : Basrah, Baghdad and beyond.
United States Marines in Iraq, 2003 : Basrah, Baghdad and beyond.
Basrah, Baghdad and beyond.
Format: Government Document Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Prelude to war
  • 2. Inside our own loop: joint planning for war in Iraq
  • 3. Preparing I MEF for war: the most important fight is the first fight
  • 4. The opening gambit: "Tally-Ho!"
  • 5. The bridges of An Nasiriyah
  • 6. Toward the enemy center of gravity: Ad Diwaniyah, Al Kut, and the pause
  • 7. Baghdad: going down fast, going down final
  • 8. No smell of saltwater: North to Tikrit, South to Ad Diwaniyah
  • 9. The other war in the North: Marines in Kurdistan and Mosul
  • 20. A marriage of convenience: cooperation between I MEF and the British Division
  • 11. Postlude to combat: Marines and occupation of Iraq, 2003
  • Notes
  • Appendix A. Data collection and lessons learned process
  • Appendix B. Command List
  • Appendix C. Unit List
  • Appendix D. Selected glossary of terms and abbreviations
  • Appendix E. chronology of events
  • Appendix F. Presidential Unit Citation
  • Index.