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On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM May 2003—January 2005 - Softcover
This is the story of the American Army and its Soldiers during a critical period of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM—the 18 months following the topping of the Saddam Hussein regime in April 2003. On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign provides a contemporary historical account of the United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from May 2003 through the Iraqi elections of January 2005. As its title indicates, the book depicts the transition of the Army from conventional combat to full spectrum operations in support of building a new, free Iraq. One of the great, and least understood, qualities of the United States Army is its culture of introspection and self-examination. American Soldiers, whether it is the squad leader conducting a hasty after action review of a training event or the senior leader studying great campaigns from the past, are part of a vibrant, learning organization. The CSI motto—The Past is Prologue—neatly captures the need for this study. Publishing the recent history of the United States Army’s operations is a key part of the TRADOC mission to develop adaptive, innovative leaders who are flexible, culturally astute experts in the art and science of the profession of arms, and who are able to quickly adapt to the contemporary operating environment. On Point II is a comprehensive, balanced, and honest account of the Army’s role in this particularly significant period in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. It is neither triumphant nor defeatist. On Point II provides Soldiers and other military professionals with a means to understand important and relevant lessons from the Army’s recent operational experience. The story of the Army in this period of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is one filled with many transitions, with many successes, and with significant challenges. On Point II is dedicated to the outstanding men and women of the United States Army who have sacrificed so much and who remain “on point for the Nation” in the defense of freedom at home and abroad. Victory Starts Here!
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Sunday, June 29, 2008 Washington Post article, "Army's History of Iraq After Hussein Faults Pentagon" by Josh White Excerpt: "The study, "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign, " is an unclassified and unhindered look at U.S. Army operations in Iraq from May 2003 to January 2005. That critical era of the war has drawn widespread criticism because of a failure to anticipate the the rise of an Iraqi insurgency and because policymakers provided too few U.S. troops and no stratetgy to maintain order after Iraq's decades-old regime was overthrown. Donald P. Wright and Col. Timothy R. Reese, who authored the report along with the Army's Contemporary Operations Study Team, conclude that U.S. commanders and civillian leaders were too focused on only the military victory and lacked a realistic vision of what Iraq would look like following that triumph."
About the authors: Dr. Donald P. Wright holds a Ph.D. in History from Tulane University and has served as a historian in the Combat Studies Institute since 2003. Wright has also served as an officer in both the active and reserve components of the US Army. Colonel Timothy R. Reese is an Armor officer and Army historian. He was commissioned in 1981 from the U.S. Military Academy and has held a variety of command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Colonel Reese holds a Masters of History from the University of Michigan and a Masters of National Security Studies from the US Army War College. He has been the director of the Combat Studies Institute since 2005.
Review:
Sunday, June 29,2008 New York Times article "Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History " by Michael R. Gordon Excerpt: "The story of the American occupation of Iraq has been the subject of numerous books, studies and memoirs. But now the Army has waded into the highly charged debate with its own nearly 700-page account: "On Point II: Transistion to the New Campaign." The unclassified study, the second volume in a continuing history of the Iraq conflict, is as notworthy for who prepared it as for what it says. In essence, the study is an attempt by the Army to tell the story of one of the most contentious periods in its history to military experts --and to itself."
Sunday, June 29, 2008 Washington Post article, "Army's History of Iraq After Hussein Faults Pentagon" by Josh White Excerpt: "The study, "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign, " is an unclassified and unhindered look at U.S. Army operations in Iraq from May 2003 to January 2005. That critical era of the war has drawn widespread criticism because of a failure to anticipate the the rise of an Iraqi insurgency and because policymakers provided too few U.S. troops and no stratetgy to maintain order after Iraq's decades-old regime was overthrown. Donald P. Wright and Col. Timothy R. Reese, who authored the report along with the Army's Contemporary Operations Study Team, conclude that U.S. commanders and civillian leaders were too focused on only the military victory and lacked a realistic vision of what Iraq would look like following that triumph."
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1466212284
- ISBN 13 9781466212282
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages66
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