Official Iraq War History: US Strategy and Partner Force Lessons
The Team HouseApril 22, 20253h 9min6,359 views
26 connections·40 entities in this video→The Official Iraq War History Project
- 💡 Colonel (Ret.) Frank Sobchak led the five-year Army effort to publish the official, 1,500-page, two-volume history of the Iraq War, involving declassifying over 30,000 documents and hundreds of interviews.
- 🧠 The project aimed to learn from mistakes, similar to those in Vietnam, and was guided by General Odierno's directive to "kill sacred cows" and be self-critical.
- 🎯 Initial findings challenged the prevailing
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Iraq WarUS Military StrategySpecial ForcesPartner Force DevelopmentCounterinsurgencyIraq War Official HistoryEl Salvador Civil WarLight Reaction RegimentPlan ColombiaIraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF)Afghan CommandosCivil-Military RelationsLive Tissue TrainingCongressional OversightRole of Women in COIN
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