Learning to Leave: The Preeminence of Disengagement in US Military Strategy
@inproceedings{Brown2012LearningTL, title={Learning to Leave: The Preeminence of Disengagement in US Military Strategy}, author={R. G. Brown}, year={2012} }
Abstract : Even before the release of the Iraq Study Group Report, a storm was brewing over how and when United States (US) forces should withdraw from Iraq. This study suggests the problems of disengagement have deeper roots than the start of the insurgency in Iraq. A larger and more serious problem is overlooked while policy makers and pundits argue over how to disengage from Iraq. No one seems to be asking why the US military repeatedly finds itself in this spot. This paper examines the…
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