Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields

Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields

Thomas Donnelly and Frederick W. Kagan

AEI | 2010

As the guarantor of international security, the United States must commit to a long-term military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But what are the tools necessary to succeed on the new battlefields of the Long War? In this volume, a group of the foremost U.S. military officials and national security experts analyze the American experience in Iraq and Afghanistan thus far in order to map a way forward―not only for the military, but for diplomats, elected officials, and the American public.