Dragon's Claws: The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) As a Weapon of Strategic Influence

by Naval Postgraduate School

The purpose of this book is to identify how the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is being used as a "weapon of strategic influence" by insurgent groups in Iraq. It is intended to explore how individual IED events, as well as an IED campaign, achieve strategic influence. This book will examine how immediate and cumulative effects of IED attacks achieve strategic goals politically, economically, socially and militarily. Particular goals will vary depending...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503253449
• ISBN13: 9781503253445
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"