Prelude : American military power in the post-Vietnam era, 1975-1989
The decision to go to war
Desert Shield : the line in the sand
Desert Storm : the 1991 Gulf War campaign
Interregnum : Iraq and UN sanctions during the 1990s
Iraqi freedom : execution of the initial thrust
The lost year of the Coalition Provisional Authority
The Casey strategy, from Fallujah to Tal Afar : 2004-2006
The protection strategy and the 2007 Baghdad surge
A final assessment : the impact of the long war with Iraq.
