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"The definitive account. . . . A fascinating combination of grand strategy and personal vignettes."―Max Boot, Wall Street Journal"Lively and vivid. Recommended for readers with an interest in military history and strategy or the challenges of nation building."―Kirkus Reviews"Scholars of military history and students of national security affairs will find Surge an invaluable resource. The book is highly readable despite its impressive scholarship and sourcing, and benefits from its author’s professional training as an historian and his rigorous analytical approach . . . . No one seriously interested in the complexities of strategic thinking in general or this conflict, and America’s ongoing struggle to coherently link its policy aims to actionable plans, can overlook Mansoor’s analysis or conclusions."—War on the Rocks blog"Indispensable. . . . Surge should be in any serious reader's short stack of books on the war in Iraq."—Mark Kukis, Michigan War Studies ReviewRunner-up for the 2013 Southern California Book Festival, in the Biography/Autobiography category, sponored by JM Northern Media LLCWon a Honorable Mention for the 2014 Los Angeles Book Festival in the General Non-Fiction CategoryFinalist for the 2013 Guggenheim-Prize in Military History"By far the best account of the decisive campaign of the Iraq War, and the conduct of modern American counterinsurgency, and also the best account anywhere about the inner workings of contemporary Iraqi politics. This book will remain the seminal work on this important part of the American experience in Iraq for many years."—Conrad Crane, lead author of Army/Marine Corps Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency"This is one of the best books to emerge from the Iraq War. I expect it will be remembered as one of the most insightful accounts from an insider of the key ‘surge’ phase of that conflict. The chapter on the Sunni Awakening especially stands out as a terrific overview of that critical development."—Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco, The Gamble and The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today "Few―VERY few―studies of military operations are authored by someone who combines the qualities of an outstanding scholar with the experience of having been the commanding general's executive officer. Mansoor tells the story of a very rare type of military operation: creating victory in the context not merely of ongoing defeat but imminent catastrophe. And he tells it like a scholar: no hero-worship, no pointing with pride and viewing with alarm."―Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century"Peter Mansoor has shed fresh light and understanding on the U.S. experience in Iraq, illuminating war’s political nature as well as its human and psychological dimensions. Surge is a story of adaptation, which highlights the importance of continuously assessing complex situations and acting to seize and retain the initiative. It will be thought-provoking not only to all interested in the Iraq War, but also to those interested in how to lead change in large organizations and enterprises."—H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam
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About the Author
Peter R. Mansoor is the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History at the Ohio State University and a retired U.S. Army colonel. He lives in Dublin, OH.
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Product details
Series: Yale Library of Military History
Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press; Reprint edition (November 25, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780300209372
ISBN-13: 978-0300209372
ASIN: 0300209371
Product Dimensions:
6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
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There have been a few books out on the Surge now, mostly from the perspective of the NCO on the ground in a specific sector. These are good, gripping tales but leave the reader without the history from a macro perspective. In that sense this book is a refreshing chronicle of an obviously educated man who was also a soldier in the fight on two fronts: Iraq and Washington DC.Written with emotion, we get the facts nonetheless. The advantage of this chronicle is the proximity the author had to the men in charge and the politicians that could at any moment pull the plug on a supreme effort. What I will remember most about this book was how the author helped his superior, General Petraeus prepare a good argument for the Congress on how things were going and why we should continue with the Surge, then along with Ambassador Crocker then spent hours having to listen to members of Congress bash the policy of his Commander in Chief.I thought the conduct of Senator Clinton and Senator Obama were unforgiveable, using all their time allotted to probe these men for answers to assist them in deciding what to do to instead declare the surge a failure. I came away with the sense these people did not really care what the soldiers and diplomats were trying to salvage in Iraq, but just wanted to use their presence to grandstand their own ideas. It was just pathetic to read about that conduct. Judging from what I see on C-Span I don't think it was inaccurate.I drop a star because I thought the book read a little like a Tom Clancy novel; all the soldiers are good, the marriages solid, the fight complex with some allies in unpredictable places. While it was refreshing to see an endorsement of President Bush and reflect on the courage he showed to correct the flawed decision to invade initially, events that have transpired for the other hero in the book, General Petraeus, that bring him back to mere mortal status. He is after all, just a man, but a remarkable man nonetheless.
Excellent book here!! This book will become the history of the surge. It will be a must read for both military officers and Department of State officials. The author was the chief of staff for General Petraeus. He was on the front row for the surge. Other authors reviewed accounts and records of the surge. This author lived the surge at the highest levels. Mr. Mansoor does a superb job of recording that adventure. The time period of the surge comes alive like a Tom Clancy novel.The reader will be put in the inner councils of the Army in Iraq. You will get an understanding of the difficulty of the surge. General Petraeus had to not only navigate dangerous Iraq he had to overcome hazardous Washington too. The author breaks down the event to give a very comprehensive look at the event. You will hear of the operational demands but also how things like internal Iraqi politics contributed or hindered victory. His analysis of Iraqi President Maliki's political work during the surge has the seeds of the current problems Iraq faced. He never quite created a sense of unity among the different groups then.The book also illustrates how staffs support VIPs. I think his stories of how the personal staff to the General operated can have lessons for staffs of large organizations of all types here in the states.
It has often been said that journalism is the first draft of history. But what if that first draft was written not by a journalist but by a soldier-scholar and trained military historian? And what if that same individual had a position that was at the absolute center of the headquarters of the general (David Petraeus) that was, with a lot of help, turning a war around. That is what we, the American public, have the good fortune of having occurred because Peter Mansoor is that soldier-scholar (first in his class at West Point) and trained historian (doctorate in military history from Ohio State). And the fact that he later chose to retire from the Army to accept a position as Chair of the Military History Department at Ohio State rather than be considered for promotion to general officer allows us to read this now rather than ten or more years from now. I base that number on GEN. Eric Shinseki's estimate that the average general officer is a general for about ten years. Had Mansoor become a general he wouldn't be able to write this book until much later because he most likely would still be in the military.This book covers the period of the “surge†of the Iraq War. But unlike Professor Mansoor's earlier, superb book (Baghdad at Sunrise) this is not really a memoir. It is superb history. But I must caution potential readers. It is, by necessity, written in the first person which is not characteristic of most history and that takes a little adjustment. And if you are a political animal you could feel distracted by his calling-out of politicians that play to their political base during congressional hearings. Perhaps that is the soldier (with their almost pathological belief in individual accountability) coming out in the author. I happen to agree with him (for the most part) but others will not. And it is a relatively small part of the book. I address it because such hearings are about the only peek that most people ever get into the personalities of our military leaders. And because of that one can have a visceral reaction.What is important is the even-handed, detailed portrayal of the “Surgeâ€. If you are interested in military history and no matter where you fall on the “wisdom†of the Iraq War, you should read this. It details how strategy and policy are implemented into operational and tactical reality and covers all of the events and personalities, both famous and obscure, that were involved. As an example, then-Colonel Mansoor relates the importance of managing the flow of information to a general in a war zone because there is just so much of it. How even he, as both gatekeeper and “hatchet-man†(General Petraeus' description) rarely had an opportunity to express his personal opinion. That is both a telling admission and explanation.I am tempted to compare it to Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich but that would be misleading because Speer was never a military man and this is written much more “from the inside†of a military campaign rather than a man trying to justify the fact that he was an enabler of the Nazi War Machine.I purchased the audio book and then the hard cover and found them both terrific.- Don Middleton
Mansoor has contributed an indispensable analysis of surge strategy from his front row seat behind General Petraeus. Looking back on my years as an advisor to senior Iraqi military and police officers in Baghdad, the chronology provides valuable context to decisions and events we experienced in real time. In the final analysis a spotlight shines on the necessity of getting the strategy right early by understanding the nature of the war, then finding the right General to implement it. It is easy to read between the lines and see how easily defeat can be snatched from victory. A well-written combination of analysis and memoir.
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