The 2008 battle of Sadr City : reimagining urban combat / David E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel, Brian Shannon.
In 2008, U.S. and Iraqi forces defeated an uprising in Sadr City, a district of Baghdad with ̃2.4 million residents. Coalition forces' success in this battle helped consolidate the Government of Iraq's authority, contributing significantly to the attainment of contemporary U.S. operational...
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[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Setting conditions for the 2008 Battle
- conditions on the eve of the Battle of Sadr city
- The Battle Begins
- Defeating JAM: operation Gold wall
- exploiting the Success of Battle
- Assessing the outcome of the Battle
- reimagining urban combat
- Appendix: Analysis of contemporary Arabic Language Sources on the Battle of Sadr city.