The last card: inside George W. Bush's decision to surge in Iraq

America's war in Iraq : 2003-2005

This strategy is not working : January-June 2006

Together forward? : June-August 2006

Silos and stovepipes : September-October 2006

Setting the stage : early November 2006

A sweeping internal review : mid-late November 2006

Choosing to surge : December 2006

What kind of surge? : late December 2006-January 2007

How "the surge" came to be / Stephen Hadley, Peter Feaver, and Meghan O'Sullivan

Iraq, Vietnam, and the meaning of victory / Andrew Preston

Decisions and politics / Robert Jervis

Blood, treasure, and time : strategy-making for the surge / Richard Betts

Strategy and "the surge" / Joshua Rovner

Civil military relations and the 2006 Iraq surge / Kori Schake

The Bush administration's decision to surge in Iraq : a long and winding road / Richard H. Immerman

The President as policy entrepreneur : George W. Bush and the 2006 Iraq strategy review / Colin Dueck.