Joint Forces Staff College  Joint Forces Staff College
Joint Forces Staff College Joint Forces Staff College

Operation Iraqi Freedom - September 2003arrow

bullet Africa and Africa Command - 02/2008bullet Air and Space Power - 09/2007bullet Aleutian Campaign - 01/2000bullet Amphibious and Littoral Warfare - 05/2002bullet Arab-Israeli War, 1967 - 07/2002bullet Asymmetric Warfare - 01/2002bullet Battle of Britain - 07/2002bullet Battlespace Management - 11/2001bullet Civilian Control of the Military - 07/2005bullet Commander's Estimate - 12/2001bullet Computer Security/Network Defense - 12/2001bullet Consequence Management - 12/2001bullet Drug Interdiction - 02/2002bullet Effects Based Operations - 11/2005bullet End State - 09/2000bullet Ethics - 04/2001bullet Falkland Islands War - 11/2001bullet The Fog of War - 02/2002bullet Force Protection - 12/2001bullet Gallipoli - 06/2002bullet Gettysburg - 07/2004bullet Global War on Terrorism - 12/2006bullet Homeland Defense - 01/2002bullet India-Pakistan Relations - 01/2000bullet Information Warfare - 01/2002bullet Interagency Coordination - 06/2007bullet The Joint Task Force - 05/2003bullet Kosovo/Allied Force - 12/2001bullet Lebanon War 2006 - 6/2008bullet Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 1944 - 07/2002bullet Military-Media Relations - 04/2004bullet Non-Lethal Weapons - 01/2002bullet Noncombatant Evacuation Operations - 11/2000bullet Operation Anaconda - 05/2005bullet Operation Desert Fox - 01/2002bullet Operation Eagle Claw (Desert One) - 11/2002bullet Operation Earnest Will - 08/2007bullet Operation Enduring Freedom - 08/2003bullet Operation Iraqi Freedom - 09/2003bullet Operation Torch - 04/2004bullet Operation Uphold Democracy - 05/2004bullet Operation Urgent Fury - 01/2002bullet Posse Comitatus - 01/2002bullet Space Warfare - 01/2002bullet United States Force Transformation - 08/2005bullet Urban Warfare - 01/2002bullet Vicksburg Campaign, 1863 - 11/2000bullet Weapons of Mass Destruction - 05/2002bullet Women, Then and Now - 03/2008bullet Women in the Armed Services - 03/2005bullet Yorktown-Seige, 1781 - 01/2000

BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

DS 79.76 .B6 2003
Blank, Stephen. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: Post-Soviet States. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

CRS Report RL 31701
Bowman, Steve. Iraq: U.S. Military Operations. Washington: Congressional Research Service, 2003.

CRS Report RL 31715
Copson, Raymond L. Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview. Washington: Congressional Research Service, 2003.

(In Cataloging)
Cordesman, Anthony H. Intelligence Failures in the Iraq War. Washington: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2003. Also available at: http://www.csis.org/features/iraq_intelfailure.pdf

DS 79.76 .C73 2003
Crane, Conrad C. Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79.76 W37 2003
Eyal, Jonathan. War in Iraq: Combat and Consequence. London: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 2003.

DS 79.76 G8 2003
Gupta, Amit. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: South Asia. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

(In Cataloging)
Krepinevich, Andrew F. Operation Iraqi Freedom: A First-Blush Assessment. Washington: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2003.

DS 79.76 M3 2003
Manwaring, Max G. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: Latin America. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79.76 .M56 2003
Millen, Raymond A. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: Europe. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79.76 .M683 2003
Moseley, T. Michael. Operation Iraqi Freedom: By the Numbers. Shaw Air Force Base, SC: Combined Forces Air Component, Assessment and Analysis Division, 2003.

DS 79.76 .R36 2003
Rampton, Sheldon. Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penquin, 2003.

DS 79.76 .S3 2003
Scobell, Andrew. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: Australia and New Zealand. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79.76 .I73 2003
Sifrey, Micah L. and Christopher Cerf. The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions. New York: Touchstone Books, 2003.

DS 79.76 .S7 2003
Smith, Anthony L. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: Southeast Asia. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79 .T38 2003
Terrill, W. Andrew. Nationalism, Sectarianism, and the Future of the U.S. Presence in Post-Saddam Iraq. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

DS 79.76 T38 2003
__________. Strategic Effects of the Conflict with Iraq: The Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

HV 6432 .V37 2003
Venzke, Ben. Al-Qaeda’s Advice for Mujahideen in Iraq: Lessons Learned in Afghanistan. Alexandria, VA: Tempest Publishing, 2003.

TOPTOP


PERIODICALS

Ackerman, Robert K. "Iraq War Operations Validate Hotly Debated Theories." Signal, vol. 57, no. 11, July 2003, pp. 31-34.

Barnes, Frederick. "Iraq Lessons Accelerate Defense Restructuring." Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, vol. 31, no. 5, May 2003, p. 10. (Entire issue focuses on Operation Iraqi Freedom.)

Berkowitz, Bruce. "How Iraq Was Won." Hoover Digest, no. 3, 2003, pp. 8-17.

Black, Victor. "Thunder Run for Kirkuk: U.S. Special Ops Forces—With Kurdish Rebels/USAF—Take Northern Iraqi Front." Soldier of Fortune, vol. 28, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 58-61+. (Special section, "War in Iraq," pp. 16-67.)

Blackledge, Matthew W. "Professionals Talk Logistics." Marine Corps Gazette, vol. 87, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 40-43.

Boot, Max. "The New American Way of War." Foreign Affairs, vol. 82, no. 4, July/Aug. 2003, pp. 41-44+.

Brown, Susan Declercq and Phyllis Rhodes. "DLA: Logistics Backbone of Iraqi Freedom." Army Logistician, vol. 35, no. 4, July/Aug. 2003, pp. 6-7.

"Brute Force Combat Service Support: 1st Force Service Support Group in Operation Iraqi Freedom." Marine Corps Gazette, vol. 87, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 34-39.

Burgess, Richard R. "Sea Services Strike for Iraqi Freedom." Sea Power, vol. 46, no. 4, Apr. 2003, p. 32 +.

----------. "Tanker Basing Limitations Posed Challenge during Operation Iraqi Freedom Air Campaign." Sea Power, vol. 46, no.7, July 2003, pp.37-38.

Cain, Anthony C. "The Transformation of Air and Space Power in Operation Iraqi Freedom." Air & Space Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer 2003, pp. 6-7.

Chenelly, Joseph R. "Rescues, Medevacs and Firefights: Marines Get It On in Iraq." Leatherneck, vol. 86, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 22-27.

Copley, Gregory R. "A Pivotal War, Strategically, Tactically, and Technologically." Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, vol. 31, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 4-6. (Entire issue focuses on Operation Iraqi Freedom.) Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, vol. 31, no. 3, Mar. 2003, Entire issue.

Dudney, Robert S. "The Gulf War II Air Campaign, by the Numbers." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 36-42. (See also Mehuron for earlier campaign statistics)

----------. "Space Power in the Gulf." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 6, June 2003, p. 2.

Dudney, Robert S. "The US Air Force at War." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 5, May 2003, p. 2.

Fitzgerald, Mary C. "A ‘Noncontact, Contact War.’" Armed Forces Journal, vol. 141, no. 1, Aug. 2003, pp. 26-29.

Garden, Timothy. "Iraq: The Military Campaign." International Affairs (London), vol. 79, no. 4, July 2003, pp. 701-718.

Gourley, Scott R. "From Hunters to Killers." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 12, July 2003, pp. 38-40.

Grant, Rebecca. "Hand in Glove." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 30-35.

Hanson, Victor Davis. "What We Learned." Hoover Digest, no. 3, 2003, pp. 18-23.

Hebert, Adam J. "The Baghdad Strikes." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 46-50.

Hessman, James D. "Homeland Defense Strategies Have Much to Learn from Afghan, Iraq Operations." Sea Power, vol. 46, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 21-22.

Hull, James, et al. "What Was the Coast Guard Doing in Iraq?" Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 38-40. Also available: http://www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/article_6387.shtml

"Iraq Analysis." Jane’s Intelligence Review, vol. 15, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 6-48.

"Iraq Lessons Learned." Aviation Week & Space Technology, vol. 158, no. 24, June 16, 2003, pp. 163-176. (Special section on Operation Iraqi Freedom)

"Iraqi Freedom." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 50-63. (Special section on Operation Iraqi Freedom)

Kagan, Frederick W. "War and Aftermath." Policy Review, no. 120, Aug./Sept. 2003, pp. 3-27.

Keene, R. R. "It’s War! Five Days on the Road to Baghdad." Leatherneck, vol. 86, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 20-25.

----------. "Operation Iraqi Freedom: Marine Casualties as of Apr. 29, 2003." Leatherneck, vol. 86, no. 6, June 2003, p. 60.

Knights, Michael. "’Iraqi Freedom’ Displays the Transformation of US Air Power." Jane's Intelligence Review, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 16-19.

Kolenda, Christopher D. "Intangibles Prevailed in Iraq: ‘Leadership from the Front’ Proved to Be the Crux." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 12, July 2003, p. 10.

Lawlor, Maryann. "Keeping Track of the Blue Force." Signal, vol. 57, no. 11, July 2003, pp. 37-39.

Leibstone, Marvin. "The US-Led Anti-Iraq War and Naval Combat Issues." Naval Forces: International Forum for Maritime Power, vol. 24, no. 3, 2003, pp. 25-27.

Maples, Michael D. "Fires in Operation Iraqi Freedom." Field Artillery, May/June 2003, p. 1.

McCaffrey, Barry R. " Looking Beyond Iraqi Freedom." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 12, July 2003, pp. 8-9. (See page 9 for information on the Joint Forces Command after action reports process.)

McLean, Don. "The Greenback Bomb: The Smartest Ordnance of All: General Ulysses S. Grant’s Excellent Contribution to the War in Iraq." Soldier of Fortune, vol. 28, no. 10, Oct. 2003, pp. 26-28+.

Mehuron, Tamar A. "Gulf War II Air Campaign by the Numbers." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 5, May 2003, p. 47. (See also Dudney for update on campaign statistics.)

Mills, Greg. "From Basra to Baghdad: Interim Military Lessons from Iraq." Defense & Security Analysis, vol. 19, no. 3, Sept. 2003, pp. 285-291.

Mosby, J. S. "Baby-Sitting Baghdad: Shifting Gears with the 101st." Soldier of Fortune, vol. 28, no. 10, Oct. 2003, pp. 44-47 +.

__________. "Sniper Overwatch: Scout/Snipers in Baghdad." Soldier of Fortune, vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 44-46.

Newman, Richard J. "The Iraqi File." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 51-54.

---------. "War from Afar." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 58-61.

"Operation Iraqi Freedom." Army, vol. 53, no. 5, May 2003, Entire issue.

"Operation Iraqi Freedom." Signal, vol. 57, no. 10, June 2003 (Special issue, "Signal Reports From the War.")

Paulsen, James. "Naval Aviation Delivered in Iraq." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 34-37.

Peters, Katherine McIntire. "Line in the Sand." Government Executive, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 69-73.

Rivers, Brendan P. "Coalition Routs Iraqi Forces Despite Iraq’s Lessons Learned." Journal of Electronic Defense, vol. 26, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 30-31.

Rolfsen, Bruce. " Air Power Unleashed: Lessons from Iraq." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 11, June 2003, p. 30 +.

----------and Lance M. Bacon. "Juggling Sorties: Combined Air Operations Center Was Nucleus of Air Campaign." ISR Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 48-49.

Roos, John G. "What Has U.S. Learned?" Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 10, May 2003, p. 24 + .

Ryan, Paul J. and Scott Truver. "MCM in Operation Iraqi Freedom." Naval Forces: International Forum for Maritime Power, vol. 24, no. 3, 2003, p. 32.

Scarborough, Rowan. "Air War: Pilots and Tacticians Combine for the Big Win in Iraq." Soldier of Fortune, vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 47-49.

Schmidt, John W. "The Principles of War and Iraqi Freedom." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 70-71.

Sedge, Michael H. "Not So Friendly Fire." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 10, May 2003, p. 18.

Simpson, Ross W. "Marine Close Air Support: Never More Important." Leatherneck, vol. 86, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 16-18.

----------. "Training the Media for War." Leatherneck, vol. 86, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 38-40+.

Taylor, Rhett A., et al. "MLRS AFATDS and Communications: Lessons Learned in OIF." Field Artillery, Jul./Aug. 2003, pp. 36-39.

"’This Was a Different War.’" Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 30-33.

Tirpak, John A. "Desert Triumph." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 10-15.

Tirpak, John A. "Time to Reload." Air Force Magazine, vol. 86, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 20-22.

Torrance, Thomas G. "Observations from Iraq: The 3rd Div Arty in OIF." Field Artillery, July/Aug. 2003, pp. 30-35.

Vandroff, Mark. "There Are Other Lessons from Iraqi Freedom." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 8, Aug. 2003, p. 71.

Vego, Milan. "Learning from Victory." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol. 129, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 32-36.

Wilson, J. R. "Plying the Space-Based Advantage." Armed Forces Journal, vol. 140, no. 11, June 2003, pp. 40-42.

Wrage, Stephen. "Precision Air Power in the Second Gulf War." Defense & Security Analysis, vol. 19, no. 3, Sept. 2003, pp. 277-280.

TOPTOP


MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

AVFL-450 (Videorecording)
Al-Douri, Mohammed. Iraq War, 2003. MSNBC: News/Buchanan Press, 2003.

AVFL-457 (Videorecording)
Franks, Tommy. Briefing on Military Operations in Iraq. Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network, 2003.

TOPTOP


ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Air War College. Center for Strategic Studies. Index for Leaders. Operation Iraqi Freedom. Online. Sept. 15, 2003.

Center for Defense Information. Eye on Iraq. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=69

"…designed to provide in-depth analysis and timely coverage. Ongoing contributions to Eye on Iraq will include factual briefings on the political and military forces in play as well as analytical pieces focused on military, diplomatic, and international security developments."

Center for Strategic and International Studies. Iraq Briefing Book. Online. Sept.15, 2003. Available at: http://www.csis.org/features/iraq.cfm "This section of the CSIS website provides an archive of analysis during the war in Iraq. Also includes post-war commentary."

Collins, Steven. "Mind Games." NATO Review, no. 2, 2003. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2003/issue2/english/art4_pr.html

Center for Strategic and International Studies. The Iraq Briefing Book. Online. Sept. 26, 2003. Available at: http://www.csis.org/features/iraq.cfm
(A special webpage at the CSIS site provides reports and analysis on a spectrum of war-related issues.)

Ferris, John. "A New American Way of War? C4ISR in Operation Iraqi Freedom, a Provisional Assessment." Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Spring/Summer 2003. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.jmss.org/PDF/article2.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute. America at War. Online. Sept. 15, 2003.
Available at: http://www.fpri.org/bysubject.html#americawar

----------. The Military Lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20030501.military.noonan.
militarylessonsiraqifreedom.html

Marine Corps University. Observation Iraqi Freedom. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/MCRCweb/library2.htm
"List of links to after action reports and lessons learned."

Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Dealing with the Civilian Population in Post-Saddam Iraq. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.ceto.quantico.usmc.mil/studies/Post-SaddamIraq.pdf

McCrann, Grace-Ellen. Government Views of Iraq. Online. Sept. 25, 2003.
Available at: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/
Iraqbib.html#USPTI

(This webliography includes online "primary resources" from "U..S. Congressional Hearings and Resolutions, Federal Agency reports, transcripts of press conferences and briefings, USAID Fact Sheets, legislation, news releases and Presidential Communications, as well as texts of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, the Geneva Conventions and Protocols and selected international treaties.")

Military Education Research Library Network. Iraq-Policy Documents. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://merln.ndu.edu/policyfileiraq.html "A central repository of publicly available policy documents."

Soldiers for the Truth. "Field Report, Central Iraq. Marine Corps Systems Command Liaison Team, April 20 to April 25 2003" SFTT Defense Watch. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.sftt.org/PDF/article05122003a.pdf (This is a private website that publishes SFTT Defense Watch magazine. It includes various resources on Operation Iraqi Freedom.)

Thompson, Bob. "Airpower Shaped by Iraqi No-Fly Zones." United States European Command. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.eucom.mil/Directorates/ECPA/News/index.htm?
http://www.eucom.mil/Directorates/ECPA/Operations/onw/20030430Final.htm&2

United States Central Command. Forces in Iraq. Online. Sept. 15, 2003. Available at: http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Iraqi_Freedom/iraqifreedom.asp

----------. "Nomination of LTG Abizaid to be Appointed to the Rank of General and Commander of USCENTCOM." Transcripts. Online. Sept. 25, 2003. Available at: http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/transcripts/20030605.htm

United States. House. Armed Services Committee. Schedules and Transcripts. Online. Sept. 25, 2003. Available at: http://armedservices.house.gov/openingstatementsandpressreleases/
108thcongress/03-07-10franks.html
("Chronological list of committee hearings held in 2003.")

________. Statement by General Tommy Franks, United States Army, Former Commander, Central Command, before the House Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, Operation Iraqi Freedom, July 10, 2003. Online. Sept. 25, 2003. Available at: http://armedservices.house.gov/openingstatementsandpressreleases/
108thcongress/03-07-10franks.html

U.S. Department of Defense. "Testimony on Iraq (as Prepared): Prepared Testimony of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee, Washington, DC, Wednesday, July 9, 2003." DefenseLink. Online. Sept. 25, 2003. Available at: http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2003/sp20030709-secdef0363.html

__________. "Testimony on U.S. Military Presence in Iraq: Implications for Global Defense Posture." DefenseLink. Online. Sept. 25, 2003. Available at: http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2003/sp20030618-depsecdef0302.html

Urban Operations Journal. Online. Sept. 12, 2003. Available at: http://www.urbanoperations.com/lessonslearned.htm (This is a private website that includes after action reports, press interviews with military personnel, and significant links to Operation Iraqi Freedom information.)

TOPTOP


ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC DATABASES

The Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times and Navy Times are additional sources of information for Operation Enduring Freedom. The weekly papers are indexed in the Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI).

Also, be sure to search the following electronic databases, available in the JFSC library for additional information on Operation Iraqi Freedom.

CIAO
Focused policy briefs and papers from a wide range of scholarship.

EBSCOHOST
Abstracts and full text articles available from over 300 military publications.

JANE’S Online
Full text articles from Jane’s military journals provide both news and comprehensive coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

LEXIS-NEXIS
Collection of full text news resources from U.S. and world newspapers.

PROQUEST DIRECT
Abstracts and full text journal and newspaper articles.

TOPTOP


Prepared by Chief, Reader Services.
September 2003

Joint Forces Staff College