| ID | 080842 |
| Title Proper | Price of the Surge |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Simon, Steven |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Bush administration's new strategy in Iraq has helped reduce violence. But the surge is not linked to any sustainable plan for building a viable Iraqi state and may even have made such an outcome less likely -- by stoking the revanchist fantasies of Sunni tribes and pitting them against the central government. The recent short-term gains have thus come at the expense of the long-term goal of a stable, unitary Iraq |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 87, No.3; May-Jun 2008: p57-76 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 87, No.3; May-Jun 2008: p57-76 |
| Key Words | United States ; Strategic Culture ; New Strategy in Iraq ; Iraq ; Security |