Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East / Louise Kettle

Includes bibliographical references and index

Intro; Acknowledgements; 1 Learning from History; Learning from History in Whitehall; Politicians Learning from History; Learning from the History of Military Interventions; How Do We Learn?; What is Learning from History?; Who Learns from History?; The Learning Process; Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East; 2 No End of a Lesson -- Suez 1956; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Musketeer Learning; 3 More like Korea -- Jordan 1958; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention

Fortitude Learning4 Suez in Reverse -- Kuwait 1961; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Vantage Learning; 5 A Re-Run of Port Stanley -- The Gulf 1990-1; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Granby Learning; 6 Afghanistan Part Two -- Iraq 2003-9; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Telic Learning; 7 Failing History or Lessons Learned?; Learning from History since Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and intelligence agency officials, Louise Kettle questions whether the British government has learned anything from its military interventions in the Middle East, from the 1950s to the 2016 Iraq Inquiry report