British Generals in Blair's Wars

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Contents: Preface Introduction Part I Setting the Scene: The political context: why we went to war and the mismatch of ends, ways and means, Jonathan Bailey The Northern Ireland campaign: the challenges of command, Alistair Irwin Command of Kosovo Force 1999, Mike Jackson Sierra Leone 2000: pregnant with lessons, David Richards. Part II Hard Lessons: Rebuilding Iraq 2003: humanitarian assistance and reconstruction, Tim Cross Southern Iraq 2003-2004: multinational command, Andrew Stewart Great expectations: broadening the military role to include nation building, Barney White-Spunner Iraq 2004: the view from Baghdad, Andrew Graham Modern campaigning from a practitioner's perspective, John McColl The British Army and thinking about the operational level, John Kiszely 21st-century operational leadership: Sierra Leone, Baghdad and Northern Ireland, Nick Parker. Part III Iraq 2006-2009: Success of a Sort: On generals and generalship, Graeme Lamb 'Best effort': Operation Sinbad and the Iraq campaign, Justin Maciejewski Basra 2007: the requirements of a modern major general, Jonathan Shaw Campaigning and generalship: Iraq 2008, Bill Rollo Basra 2008: Operation Charge of the Knights, Richard Iron The psychological impact of operations in Iraq: what has it been, and what can we expect in the future?, Simon Wessely. Part IV Improving in Afghanistan: Multinational command in Afghanistan - 2006: NATO at the cross-roads, Chris Brown Southern Afghanistan 2006-2008: the challenges to a comprehensive approach to counter-insurgency, Nick Pounds NATO operations in Afghanistan 2008-2009: a theatre-level view, Jon Riley Helmand 2007-2008: behavioural conflict - from general to strategic corporal, Andrew Mackay Campaigning: an air force perspective, Iain McNicoll. Part V What Have We Learnt?: The political-military relationship on operations, Desmond Bowen Too busy to learn: personal observations on British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, Alexander Alderson