Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq, 2003-09

By - Andrew Smith

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, [2011]

ISBN 10 - 1584874880

ISBN 13 - 9781584874881

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Mines (Military explosives)

Shelf No - 4

Call Number - 956.7044 SMI

Physical Description - viii, 73 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Book Information

Introduction -- Operational surprise and response -- The contemporary IED experience -- Data sources -- U.S. experience in Iraq -- The U.S. response -- Recognition -- Institutional response -- Organizational -- Equipment -- Vehicles -- Electronic countermeasures -- Training and doctrine -- Research and development -- Industrial -- Funding -- Policy -- Summary assessment -- The Australian experience in Iraq -- The Australian response -- Recognition -- Institutional response -- Organizational -- Equipment -- Training and doctrine -- Research and development -- Industrial -- Funding -- Policy -- Comparative analysis of responses -- Leadership changes -- National interests and equities -- Adequacy of existing capabilities -- Countervailing assessments -- Conventional thinking -- Adequate agility -- Flexible force structure -- Other considerations -- Failure to anticipate and the risk of overreaction -- The focusing power of casualties -- Subsequent experience - Afghanistan -- Conclusions.

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