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CONTENTS PREFACE iii SUMMARY vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi ABBREVIATIONS xxiii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. A NATION GIRDS FOR WAR 10 ENSURING HOMELAND AIR DEFENSE 14 FORMING A COALITION 18 SHAPING A STRATEGY 29 CRAFTING A PLAN 38 THE BUILDUP OF FORCES 48 3. THE UNITED STATES STRIKES BACK 57 THE OPERATIONAL SETTING 58 OPENING MOVES 61 FROM FIXED TO FLEETING TARGETS 73 CLOSING RANKS WITH THE OPPOSITION GROUPS 80 THE CAMPAIGN HITS A SLUMP 82 THE ALLIED CONTRIBUTION 90 THE FALL OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF AND KABUL 93 4. A SHIFT IN STRATEGY 106 HUNTING DOWN AN ELUSIVE QUARRY 108 TOWARD THE CONSOLIDATION OF INITIAL GAINS 113 THE BATTLES OF TORA BORA AND ZHAWAR KILI 116 THE FINAL ROUT OF THE TALIBAN 120 5. OPERATION ANACONDA 127 INITIAL PLANNING 128 A TROUBLED START 138 THE SHOWDOWN AT ROBERTS RIDGE 145 RECOVERING FROM THE INITIAL SETBACKS 149 THE ENDGAME OF ENDURING FREEDOM 155 ANACONDA ISSUES 158 TOWARD BETTER AIR-GROUND COORDINATION 171 6. DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 180 DATA FUSION COMES OF AGE 183 A NEW AIR-GROUND SYNERGY 187 HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND FORCE SUSTAINMENT 191 SPACE SUPPORT TO FORCE EMPLOYERS 200 CAOC OPERATIONS 204 THE BUILDUP AT MANAS 208 NEW TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 210 7. PROBLEMS IN EXECUTION 215 EARLY TENSIONS BETWEEN THE CAOC AND CENTCOM 216 THE IMPACT OF RULES-OF-ENGAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS 229 THE TREND TOWARD CENTRALIZED EXECUTION 239 INTEGRATING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 244 THE COSTS OF THE HIGH OPERATING TEMPO 245 8. CONCLUSIONS 249 INNOVATIONS IN FORCE EMPLOYMENT 250 PERSISTENT PROBLEMS IN NEED OF ATTENTION 253 ON BALANCE 264 BIBLIOGRAPHY 275
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Afghan War, 2001- -- United States.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Aerial operations, American.
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