A Revolution in Military Adaptation: The US Army in the Iraq War

by Chad C. Serena

During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated army and networked and horizontally integrated insurgents ensued. The latter could quickly adapt and conduct networked operations in a decentralized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589017838
• ISBN13: 9781589017832
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher