Название: Allied Participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Progressive Management
ISBN: 0160866944
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 141
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 9,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
The invasion of Iraq in March 2003—Operation Iraqi Freedom—was controversial at its start. The United Nations was reluctant to provide a specific endorsement for direct U.S. military action. Without this authorization, a number of close allies refused to participate in the operation. In order to garner greater support and provide an international flavor to the intervention, President George W. Bush assembled a "coalition of the willing," ultimately involving about sixty nations. Although some of these countries supplied little more than nominal assistance, fully thirty-seven of them furnished a total of around 150,000 ground forces from the start of the operation through July 2009. These troops conducted security operations; provided reconstruction assistance; operated command-and-control headquarters; and fought, were wounded, and killed alongside U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines.