Cobra II
Subtitle: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: March 14, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780375422621
First sentence: In late 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld summoned the senior military leadership to his office on the E-ring of the Pentagon.
Description: Describes the decision-making behind the 2003 Iraq invasion. It then follows, in depth, the invasion and the early months of the occupation.
Table of contents: title: Maps
pagenum: xiii; title: Foreward
pagenum: xxxiii; label: 1
title: Snowflakes from the Secretary
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Generated Start
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: Smaller is Beautiful
pagenum: 43; label: 4
title: The Other Side of the Hill
pagenum: 63; label: 5
title: Back to the Future
pagenum: 86; label: 6
title: 'Round and 'Round We Go
pagenum: 109; label: 7
title: The Red Line
pagenum: 135; label: 8
title: A Little Postwar Planning
pagenum: 158; label: 9
title: Dora Farms
pagenum: 188; label: 10
title: The Opening Gambit
pagenum: 208; label: 11
title: Objective Liberty
pagenum: 226; label: 12
title: Everyone Loves a Parade
pagenum: 244; label: 13
title: Task Force Tarawa
pagenum: 267; label: 14
title: Vampire 12
pagenum: 296; label: 15
title: A Santuary for the Fedayeen
pagenum: 321; label: 16
title: Back to the Drawing Board
pagenum: 346; label: 17
title: Team Tank
pagenum: 373; label: 18
title: The Red Zone
pagenum: 394; label: 19
title: The Thunder Run
pagenum: 428; label: 20
title: The Accidental Victory
pagenum: 446; label: 21
title: The Second Battle for Baghdad
pagenum: 470; label: 22
title: Saddam's Great Escape
pagenum: 497; label: 23
title: Hello, I Must Be Going
pagenum: 524; label: 24
title: Starting from Scratch
pagenum: 545; title: Epiloge
pagenum: 571; title: Afterword
pagenum: 583; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 599; title: Notes
pagenum: 603; title: Appendix
pagenum: 645; title: Glossary
pagenum: 693; title: Index
pagenum: 697