Policy Watch: Can a Surge Succeed?

dc.contributor.authorKatz, Mark N.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-30T17:24:11Z
dc.date.available2010-08-30T17:24:11Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-29
dc.description© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Deposited with permission from UPI.com.
dc.description.abstract"Retired U.S. Army General Jack Keane and American Enterprise Institute scholar Frederic W. Kagan have argued that any ""surge"" of additional American troops to Iraq should be ""large and lasting."" In a Washington Post op-ed piece published on Dec. 27, they provide a thoughtful rationale for why the surge is only likely to be successful if it consists of at least 30,000 more combat troops and lasts at least 18 months. They are undoubtedly right that a smaller surge for a shorter period of time would not succeed. Their argument for a ""large and lasting"" surge, though, is based on an assumption which, if false, would also prevent what they propose from succeeding."
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/5921
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUPI.com (United Press International, Inc.)
dc.subjectInternational affairs
dc.subjectIraq War, 2003-2010
dc.titlePolicy Watch: Can a Surge Succeed?
dc.typeArticle

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