The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq
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To my mind, the heroes of the Iraq war are the everyday soldier and the average Iraqi trying to get by. I am in awe of the Iraqi staff of the Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau, who through death, kidnappings, and bombings have not only held together but produced superb journalism.
I am obliged to the Sandy Spring Friends School of Sandy Spring, Maryland, which responded with swift generosity when one Iraqi family associated with the Post was forced to flee Iraq. The school took two Iraqi students into its warm and tolerant environment. Those wishing to support its efforts should make out their checks to “Contribution to Financial Aid—Iraqi Refugee Fund” and send them to:
Karl Gedge
Sandy Spring Friends School
16923 Norwood Rd.
Sandy Spring, MD 20860
I am endebted to Greg Jaffe of the Wall Street Journal, who wrote the first account of the battle of Tarmiyah and who was generous in connecting me to members of the unit that fought there.
I appreciate the help given me by Sandy Ain, Ellie Rider, and Anne Russell Ricks.
I also want to thank my critical readers: Kurt Campbell, Shawn Brimley, retired Col. Robert Killebrew, retired Lt. Col. Terry Daly, Lt. Col. Joe Rice, Tom Donnelly, Mary Kay Ricks, and, especially, Vernon Loeb, once a great colleague and still a true friend.
The mistakes are my own.
INDEX
Abdullah, king of Jordan
Abizaid, John
Abu Ghraib
Abu Haritha
Acevedo Vila, Anibal
Adeeb, Ali al-
Adhamiyah (Baghdad neighborhood)
Afghanistan
Afghanistan war
Agami, Daniel
Alarcon, Victor
Albu Issa tribe
Albu Soda tribe
Alefantis, James
Alford, Dale
Algeria
Al Iraqia
Al Jazeera
Allen, George
Allen, James
Allen, John
Allyn, Daniel
al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
American Enterprise Institute
Amiriyah (Baghdad neighborhood)
Amiriyah Knights
Amman
Anbar People’s Council
al Anbar Province, Iraq
Anderson, “Smokin’ Joe”
“anti-Iraqi forces” (AIF)
Arab Jabour, Iraq
Arlington County Courthouse
Armstrong, Joel
Army War College
Arnold, William
Assawi, Rafi al-
Atkinson, Rick
Austin, Lloyd
“Awakening Council”
Aylwin-Foster, Nigel
Baath party
Bacevich, Andrew
Badr Corps
Baghdad
beginning of surge in
Bush’s visit to
civil war in
Baghdad, battle of
Baghdad Diary (film)
Baghdad Operational Command
Baghdad Security Plan One
Baker, James
Baqubah, Iraq
Barbero, Michael
Bargewell, Eldon
Barnett, Thomas P. M.
Barrasso, John
Barzani, Masoud
Basin Harbor
Basra, Iraq
Batiste, John
Batschelet, Allen
Beirut
Bell, Gertrude
Bell, Mike
Benavides, Jose
Berlin Wall
Biddle, Stephen
Biden, Joseph
Big Boy Rules (Fainaru)
Birmingham News
Black Hawk Down
Blackwater
Boehner, John
Borggren, Erica Watson
Bosnia
Boylan, Steve
Brady, Mark
Bremer. Paul
Bridging Strategy (TBS)
Brimley, Shawn
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
Burganoyne, Michael
Burns, John
Burr, Stephen
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Baghdad visited by
at Camp David meeting
on Iraqi reconciliation
low approval ratings of
nation building deplored by
surge speech of
Byington, James
Caldwell, William
Calhoun, Luke
Campbell, John
Camp David meeting
Camp Habbaniyah
Camp Liberty
Camp Victory
Cardin, Benjamin
Carlisle, Jacob
Carney, Timothy
Casey, George, Jr.
strategy of
CBS
Center for Army Lessons Learned
Center for a New American Security
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Central Command, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Certain Victory
Charlton, John
Cheney, Dick
Cherry, Don
Chessani, Jeff
Chiarelli, Peter
Churchill, Winston
Clausewitz, Carl von
Clemens, Michael
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary
Cody, Richard
Cohen, Eliot
Cold War
Coleman, Norm
Colon, Jesus
Combat Outpost Firecracker
Commander’s Initiative Group
Concerned Local Citizens
Congress, U.S.
Cook, Samuel
Cooper, Anderson
Cooper, John
Copeland, James
Coppock, Craig
Cordesman, Anthony
Corker, Bob
Cosper, Eric
council of colonels
Council on Foreign Relations
Council of Representatives
counterinsurgency campaign
at Camp David meeting
Casey’s “academy” for
Keane on
Keane and Rumsfeld’s meeting on
Kilcullen on
Krepinevich on
MacFarland in
McMaster on
Maliki’s “donut” approach to
manual on
Military Review article on
Patriquin’s report on
relationship with population important in
see also surge, Iraq war
“Counterinsurgency Cliff Notes”
Crane, Conrad
Crider, James
Crocker, Ryan
Darley, Bill
Daum, Richard
Davis, Stephen
Dawa Party
Defense Department, U.S., Office of Net Assessment in
Defense Intelligence Agency
“Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, The” (Burganoyne and Markwardt)
Defense Ministry, Iraqi
Defense Policy Board
de Gaulle, Charles
Degn, Matthew
Dela Cruz, Sanic
Democrats
De Palma, Brian
Dereliction of Duty (McMaster)
detainees
abuse of
see also Abu Ghraib
Devlin, Peter
Di Rita, Lawrence
Diwaniyah, Iraq
Diyala Province, Iraq
Dodge, Toby
Domenici, Pete
Donkey Island, battle of
Donnelly, Tom
Doura (Baghdad neighborhood)
Downing, Wayne
Dubik, James
Dwyer, Dan
Eaglin, Michael
Easterly, Jen Koch
Eaton, Paul
Efflandt, Scott
Egypt
Eisenstadt, Michael
elections, U.S.:
o
f 2000
of 2006
of 2008,
Esquire
European Command
Ewers, John
Fahmi, Aws
Fainaru, Steve
Fallon, William “Fox”
Fallujah, Iraq
Faroun, Munqith al-
Fast, Barbara
Fastabend, David
Fay, George
Feaver, Peter
Feingold, Russ
Feith, Douglas
Fetter, Mark
Few, James
Fiasco (Ricks)
Fields of Fire (Webb)
Fil, Joseph, Jr.
Finance Ministry, U.S.
Flake, Jeff
Flynn, George
Foreign Affairs
Fort Leavenworth
France
Francis, Josh
Franks, Tommy R.
Freakley, Benjamin
Freeze, James
Frist, Bill
From the Shadows (Gates)
Funk, Paul
Furaiji, Mohan al-
Galloucis, Michael
Galula, David
Galvach, Zane
Gates, Robert
Gaziliyah (Baghdad neighborhood)
Gentile, Gian
George, Hunter
Georgia
Germany
Giambiastiani, Edmund
Gibbs, Nicholas
Gillespie, Mark
Gilmore, Mark
Glenn, Jason
Golden Dome Mosque
Goldich, David
Goldwater Nichols Act (1986)
Gore, Al
Gorkowski, Justin
Grace Is Gone (film)
Graham, Lindsey
Grant, Ulysses S.
Gray, Yance
Great Britain
Green, Tobin
Greenwood, Carole
Greenwood, Tom
Green Zone
Grigsby, Wayne
Gross, Tim
Guardian
Gulf War
Haas, Eric
Haditha, Iraq, killings in
Hadley, Stephen
Hagee, Michael
Hagel, Chuck
Haggis, Paul
Haiti
Haji Abu Abed
Hakim, Abdul Aziz al-
Halloran, Joseph
Hallums, James
Hammes, T. X.
Hammond, Jeffrey
Hanna, Michael
Hannah, John
Hartson, Joshua
Harvey, Derek
Harvey, Francis
Hassan, Walid
Hatch, Orrin
Hatley, John
Health Ministry, Iraqi
Heinl, Mark
Herrington, Stuart
Hezbollah
Hill, Command Sgt.
Hilterman, Joost
Hoffman, Bruce
Hollopeter, Josiah
Holshek, Christopher
Hoover, J. Edgar
Horton, Alex
Horvath, Jan
House of Representatives, U.S.
Armed Services Committee of
Foreign Affairs Committee of
Housey, Freddie
“How All This Ends” (Fastabend)
Howard, Michael
“How to Win the War in Al Anbar, by CPT Trav.”
Huck, Richard
Hull, Jeanne
Hungary
Hurriyah (Baghdad neighborhood)
Hussein, Saddam
Imad, Sheikh
information dominance
Interior Ministry, Iraq
International Criminal Court
International Crisis Group
In the Valley of Elah (film)
Iran
Iranian Revolution Guard
Iran-Iraq war
Iraq:
civil war in
constitution of
corruption in
economy of
elections in
electricity in
ethnic cleansing in
IEDs, and roadside and car bombs in
occupation of
police in
“postoccupation” force in
reconstruction of
security contractors in
withdrawal schedule from
Iraq, insurgents in in alliance with U.S.
Iraqi army
Iraqi Ground Forces Command
Iraqi National Police
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)
Iraq Study Group
Iraq war:
American abuses in; see also Abu Ghraib; Haditha, Iraq
basic assumptions of
casualties in
cost of
“Desert Crossing” plan for
fifth anniversary of
goals of
military recruits affected by
news coverage of
posttraumatic stress disorder in
Senate hearing on
strategic changes in
see also surge, Iraq war
ISCI
Islamic Army
Islamic State of Iraq
Israel
Ivey, Tim
Jabouri, Najim Abed al-
Janabi, Nazar
Japan
Jasim, Muhanned
Jassim, Abdul Qadir Muhammed
Jassim, Abu Ali
Jassim, Sa’d
Jayih, Ghasan
Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM)
Jensen, Sterling
Johnson, Karlton
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Security Stations
Jokinen, Shawn
Jordan
Jumayli, Mishan al-
Justice Ministry, Iraqi
Kagan, Fred
Kahl, Colin
Kallop, William
Kaplan, Robert
Karbala, Iraq
Katrina, Hurricane
Keane, Jack
Pace admonished by
Rumsfeld’s meetings with
surge and
Keegan, John
Keirsey, Jim
Kellogg, Joseph, Jr.
Kelly, John
Kennedy, Chris
Kenya
Kerbouly, Ziad Khalaf al-
Khafif, Younis Salim
Khalilzad, Zalmay
Khamis, Sheik
Khatami, Muhammed
Kilcullen, David
top ten rules of
Killebrew, Bob
King, Alan
Kinnard, Douglas
Kirkuk, Iraq
Kissinger, Henry
Klein, Gary
Korea
Kosovo
Krepinevich, Andrew
Kristol, William
Kubaisat, Abdul Qadir al-
Kubasi, Omar
Kuehl, Dale
Kufa, Iraq
Ku Klux Klan
Kulmayer, Jeffrey
Kurds
Kuwait
Laurence, John
Lawrence, T. E.
Leahy, Michael
Lebanon
Lechner, James
Lehr, Jon
Lemons, Alexander
Levin, Carl
Lewis, Jeremy
Libby, Dustin
Libby, Scooter
Lincoln, Abraham
Lindsay, Jon
Lions or Lambs (film)
Lloyd George, David
local militias
Long, Austin
Lubna, Abu
Lugar, Richard
Luti, William
Lynch, Marc
Lynch, Rick
McCaffrey, Barry
McCain, John
McChrystal, Stanley
McClellan, George
McClung, Megan
McConnell, Mitch
McCreary, John
McDonald, Mark
McDougall, Jeff
MacFarland, Sean
McGovern, Rory
McGurk, Brett
Mackesy, Piers
McMaster, H. R.
McNally, Liz
McNamara, Robert
Mahdi, Adel Abdul
Mahdi Army, see Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM)
Mahmudiyah (Baghdad suburb)
Makay, Don
Makky, Alaa
Malaya
Maliki, Nouri al-
American opposition to
and Basra campaign
on Iraqi reconciliation
as overconfident
Pelosi and Murtha’s meeting with
Petraeus’s meetings with
Malkasian, Carter
Malouki mosque
Mansoor, Peter
Mansour Hotel
Mariner, Rosemary
Markwardt, Albert
Marshall, George
Marston, Daniel
Martin, John
Martin, Zachary
Mashoot, Asad Amer
Mason, Bradley
Mattis, James
“Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch”
Meese, Michael
Mendelson, David
Merkley, Jeff
“Mesopotamian Stampede, The,”
Metz, Steven
Michael, Stephen
Michaelis, Patrick
Military Review
Miller, Austin
Miller, Charlie
Miller, James
Miska, Steven
Mohan, General
Monsoor, Michael
Moore, Solomon
Mora, Omar
Moran, James P., Jr.
Mosul, Iraq
MoveOn.org
Mubarak, Hosni
Muhammed, Saleh
mukthar
Mullen, Michael
Multi-National Forces
Muqdadiyah, Iraq
Murtha, John
Musaid, Jabar
Muttalibi, Saad Yousef al-
Myers, Richard
Myers, Roy
Nagl, John
Najaf, Iraq
Napoleon I, emperor of France
Nasr, Vali
National Security Council (NSC)
“National Strategy for Victory in Iraq,”
nation building
NATO
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
neoconservatism
Newbold, Gregory
Newland, Jan
New York Times
Nielsen, Suzanne
Nineveh, Iraq
Niva, Steve
Northwest Baghdad Regional Security Summit
Nukisa, Iraq
Nunez, Ocatavio
Obama, Barack
Odierno, Anthony
Odierno, Raymond
Bridging Strategy and
in change of command
in departure from Iraq
Gates’s meeting with
heavy-handedness of
on Iraqi military commanders
Petraeus’s relationship with
postelection concerns of
on “postoccupation” force
on pulling out troops
“reconciliation cell” established by
response to detainee abuse
Sky’s relationship with
surge plans and principles of
surge pressed by
Office of Management and Budget