The Iraq War : strategy, tactics, and military lessons / Anthony H. Cordesman.

"Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."

Introduction -- The limits of analysis: what we don't yet know -- The forces engaged -- The course of the war and the interaction of joint forces -- Three debates: war plan and transformation, "Powell doctrine" versus "Rumsfeld doctrine," and the "new way of war" -- Lessons about the interaction between military fundamentals and new tactics and technology -- Lessons affecting the overall conduct of the war and joint forces -- Air, missle, and land-based air defense forces -- Lessons affecting army land forces -- Lessons affecting marine corps land forces -- Lessons affecting naval forces -- Lessons relating to intelligence and weapons of mass destruction -- Other lessons -- Lessons from Iraqi problems and shortcomings -- Lessons regarding the value of allies and build-up time -- Military lessons relating to conflict termination, peacemaking, and nation building -- Grand strategy: the civilian aspects of nation buildng and the challenge of winning the peace -- Grand strategy: the outcome of the Iraq War and t