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Foreword
Preface
1. Prelude to war
2. Inside our own loop: joint planning for war in Iraq
3. Preparing I MEF for war: the most important fight is the first fight
4. The opening gambit: "Tally-Ho!"
5. The bridges of An Nasiriyah
6. Toward the enemy center of gravity: Ad Diwaniyah, Al Kut, and the pause
7. Baghdad: going down fast, going down final
8. No smell of saltwater: North to Tikrit, South to Ad Diwaniyah
9. The other war in the North: Marines in Kurdistan and Mosul
20. A marriage of convenience: cooperation between I MEF and the British Division
11. Postlude to combat: Marines and occupation of Iraq, 2003
Notes
Appendix A. Data collection and lessons learned process
Appendix B. Command List
Appendix C. Unit List
Appendix D. Selected glossary of terms and abbreviations
Appendix E. chronology of events
Appendix F. Presidential Unit Citation
Index.
Preface
1. Prelude to war
2. Inside our own loop: joint planning for war in Iraq
3. Preparing I MEF for war: the most important fight is the first fight
4. The opening gambit: "Tally-Ho!"
5. The bridges of An Nasiriyah
6. Toward the enemy center of gravity: Ad Diwaniyah, Al Kut, and the pause
7. Baghdad: going down fast, going down final
8. No smell of saltwater: North to Tikrit, South to Ad Diwaniyah
9. The other war in the North: Marines in Kurdistan and Mosul
20. A marriage of convenience: cooperation between I MEF and the British Division
11. Postlude to combat: Marines and occupation of Iraq, 2003
Notes
Appendix A. Data collection and lessons learned process
Appendix B. Command List
Appendix C. Unit List
Appendix D. Selected glossary of terms and abbreviations
Appendix E. chronology of events
Appendix F. Presidential Unit Citation
Index.