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    • Author/Creator:Mortimer, John J., Jr., 1985- author.
    • Title:The Afghan surge : January 2009-August 2011 / by John J. Mortimer Jr.
    • ISBN:9781959302018
      1959302019
    • Publication:Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2023.
    • Physical Description:114 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm.

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    • Notes:In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
      Shipping list no.: 2023-0266-P.
    • Summary:"The short publication covers the U.S. Army's activities in Afghanistan from January 2009 to August 2011. This time period is often referred to as the Afghan Surge. During this time period the United States sent additional troops (a surge) to Afghanistan hoping for similar results to a similar tactic in Iraq"--
    • Variant and related titles:At head of title: U.S. Army in Afghanistan
    • Format:Book
    • Series:CMH pub ; 70-135-1
      CMH pub ; 70-135-1.
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 95-110).
    • Contents:Introduction -- Strategic setting -- Operations -- A new American strategy -- Campaign plan and COIN approach -- Operations in RC east, January-May 2009 -- Choising RC south and change of command -- McCrystal takes command -- Securing RC sout -- The strategy evolves -- McCrystal's assessment -- NATO training mission-Afganistan -- RC east itensifies -- Obama's final surge -- Operation Mostarak begins -- McCrystal's exit -- Petraeus takes command -- Operation Hamkari, summer 2010-December 2010 -- RC east structures -- The Afghanistan drawdown
    • Subjects:United States. Army--History--Afghan War, 2001-2021.
      Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.
      Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.
      Counterinsurgency.
      Afghanistan.
    • Genre/Form:Government publication.
      History.
    • Also listed under:Center of Military History, issuing body.
    Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16803953