Cradle of conflict : (Record no. 11030)
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| control field | 2005021002 |
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| control field | DLC |
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| fixed length control field | 050722s2005 mdub bi 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2005021002 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1591144442 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
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| Authentication code | pcc |
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| Geographic area code | a-iq--- |
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| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | EY8Z |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS79.76 |
| Item number | .K62 2005 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 956.7044/24/0973 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Knights, Michael. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cradle of conflict : |
| Remainder of title | Iraq and the birth of modern U.S. military power / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael Andrew Knights. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Annapolis, Md. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Naval Institute Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiii, 462 p. : |
| Other physical details | maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 417 - 441) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The challenge -- Raising the shield -- Iraqi "saber-rattling" -- Building the forces: Operation Desert Shield -- Intelligence preparation of the battlefield -- Knowing the enemy -- Defense-in-depth: Iraqi land-warfare capabilities -- "Kari": Iraq's integrated air-defense system -- Iraq's long-range strike capabilities -- Cold warriors in the desert -- Forging the sword -- Initial planning -- Role of air power in offensive planning -- Audacious plan -- Desert Storm -- Strategic attack -- Iraqi withholding of strategic air-defense efforts -- Empty battlefield: Scud-hunting in 1991 -- Costs and benefits of broader strategic targeting -- On balance: the strategic air campaign -- Desert Saber -- Air-land battle -- Cluttered battlefield -- "Plinking" tanks and other targets in the KTO -- Bomb-damage assessment in Desert Storm -- Assessing and controlling the preparation of the battlefield -- Ground war begins -- Failure to trap the Republican Guard -- Postwar characterization of Desert Storm -- The war between the wars -- After the storm -- U.S. responses to ongoing Iraqi resistance -- Failure of the 1991 uprisings against Saddam -- Postwar resistance to the cease-fire terms -- Creation of a southern no-fly zone -- Building to crisis -- January 1993 strikes on Iraq -- "Tomahawk diplomacy" -- June 1993 cruise-missile strike -- "Basra breakout" -- Iraq's October 1994 feint toward Kuwait -- Struggle to maintain containment -- Saddam's invasion of Kurdistan -- Operation Desert Strike -- Fallout from the era of "tomahawk diplomacy" -- "Cheat and retreat" Iraq's resistance to U.N. inspections -- Protecting the U-2 flights over Iraq -- Development of enlarged coercive options -- "Cheat-and-retreat" crises -- Disarming Iraq -- Striking the concealment mechanism -- Bulking out the target sets -- On regime change -- Last "cheat-and-retreat" episode -- Operation Desert Fox -- Reflections on Desert Fox -- Prelude to war -- The no-fly zones after Desert Fox -- Centralized execution in Operation Southern Watch -- Decentralized rollback in Operation Northern Watch -- Putting the brakes on Northern Watch -- Devolution and evolution of Iraqi air defenses by 2001 -- February 2001 strike -- Trying to back off in Operation Southern Watch -- Ending resistance -- Transitioning to war -- Planning operation Iraqi Freedom -- Operation Southern Focus and the slide to war -- Failure of "cheat and retreat" in 2003 -- Start of Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Ground before air -- Reordering Operation Iraqi Freedom -- "Shock and awe?" -- Neutering the strategic air campaign -- March on Baghdad -- Lunge northward -- Running into quicksand -- Failed deep strike against the Medina division -- "Smackdown": bombing through the sandstorm -- Entering the cities -- Shaping the coming battle for Baghdad -- End of Saddam Hussein's regime -- Ending resistance -- Challenge project -- Broader insurgency -- Defensive and offensive coalition responses -- Calibrating force -- "No-go" zones and Iraq's season of battles -- Securing the elections -- Epilog: America's fifteen-year war in Iraq -- Analyzing Iraqi resistance -- Exploitation of U.S. military weaknesses -- Challenge of ending resistance -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Persian Gulf War, 1991. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iraq War, 2003- |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History, Military |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Iraq |
| General subdivision | History, Military |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Insurgency |
| Geographic subdivision | Iraq. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | Table of contents |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021002.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021002.html</a> |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) | |
| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) | u180547 |
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| h | EY8Z |
| i | 33039000980093 |
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| a | 11030 |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Stacks | 06/19/2018 | DS79.76 .K62 2005 | 33039000980093 | 07/17/2023 | 1 | Book |