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Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War

Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War

Benson, Kevin C. M., (Ret ).
Brooks, Vincent, (Ret)

Hardcover

Armed ForcesGeneral World HistoryIraq War (2003-2011)

Publisher Price: $34.95

ISBN10: 1636244262
ISBN13: 9781636244266
Publisher: Casemate
Published: Jul 18 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.01
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Finalist, 2024 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards
Selected as one of Military.com's Best Military Books of 2024.

Expectation of Valor is a master class in operational planning and high-level staff work. It is a must-read for field grade officers and planners of all services. It also will reward any reader interested in the mechanics of large-scale conflict. -- ARMY Magazine

Given the length of time the United States spent in Iraq, there is a perception that there was no consideration before the war of what should be done after coalition forces arrived in Baghdad and removed Saddam Hussein. However as this unofficial history reveals, there was a great deal of planning to address how to achieve the policy objectives for Iraq set by the Bush administration. Kevin Benson--director of plans for the United States Third Army, the ground forces command headquarters for GEN Franks' Central Command, at the start of the war--details the development of the invasion plan and its subsequent execution from D-Day in March 2003 until the change of command of operations in Iraq and the departure of Third Army in June 2003.

He addresses the persistent trope that the Army did no planning for Phase IV, revealing that extensive plans were proposed, and were met with very little interest in Washington. The book covers the difficulties encountered in dealing with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, from getting his approval on the number of forces requested to conducting the campaign to find the smoking gun of WMD; the instructions given to Army, Marine and coalition forces; and the daily secure video teleconferences with Central Command and the Pentagon, and the rather remarkable conversations and guidance that came from these meetings.

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