"Iraq" . . "Iraq." . . . "Qaeda" . . "politiske forhold" . . "Iraq War (2003-2011)" . . . "terrororganisationer" . . "HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-)." . . "Irakkrieg." . . "Islamisk Stat" . . "Islamic fundamentalism Iraq." . . "War on Terrorism (2001-2009)" . . . "Terrorism Iraq Prevention." . . "Terrorism Prevention." . . "USA" . . "United States" . . "United States." . "Iraq War, 2003-2011." . . "War on Terrorism, 2001-2009." . . "Qaida." . . "Qaida (Organization)" . . "Contractors." . . "ad-Daula al-Islāmīya fi 'l-ʻIrāq wa-'š-Šām." . . "historie" . . "Contractors Iraq." . . "terrorbekæmpelse" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Here is a dramatic, first-person account of how the United States won the war in Iraq, only to see the peace lost by an unengaged administration, with Iraqis terrorized and the new \"\"caliph\"\" of ISIS promising , \"\"I'll see you in New York.\"\"Military contractor Carter Andress was the ultimate boots-on-the-ground \"\"civilian\"\" in Iraq. While reporters, aid workers, diplomats, and even U.S. soldiers were often cut off from the \"\"ground truth\"\" in Iraq by the blast walls protecting the Green Zone and our bases, Andress was in the thick of things: driving through insurgent-infested territory, negoti."@en . . . . "\"The United States defeated al Qaeda in Iraq, leaving tens of thousands of the terrorist organization's operatives and supporters dead. The Sunni Arabs of Iraq turned against al Qaeda during the Iraq War and the rest of the Arab world followed their lead, leaving Osama bin Laden the \"odd man out\" in the Arab Spring currently roiling the old authoritarian order in the Middle East. In the counterinsurgency campaign that followed the destruction of the Saddamist dictatorship, U.S. government contractors equaled or exceeded the number of American soldiers on the battlefield. This unprecedented situation served to train and employ 100,000s of Iraqis on reconstruction projects and thereby drained the swamp whence the al Qaeda-led insurgency sprang. Andress and McConnell make the case that without private contractors working in the war zone, America and its allies would have lost the war\"." . . . . "\"The United States defeated al Qaeda in Iraq, leaving tens of thousands of the terrorist organization's operatives and supporters dead. The Sunni Arabs of Iraq turned against al Qaeda during the Iraq War and the rest of the Arab world followed their lead, leaving Osama bin Laden the \"odd man out\" in the Arab Spring currently roiling the old authoritarian order in the Middle East. In the counterinsurgency campaign that followed the destruction of the Saddamist dictatorship, U.S. government contractors equaled or exceeded the number of American soldiers on the battlefield. This unprecedented situation served to train and employ 100,000s of Iraqis on reconstruction projects and thereby drained the swamp whence the al Qaeda-led insurgency sprang. Andress and McConnell make the case that without private contractors working in the war zone, America and its allies would have lost the war\"--" . . . . . . . . . . . "Victory undone : the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its resurrection as ISIS" . . . . . . . "Victory Undone The Defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Its Resurrection as ISIS"@en . . . "erindringer" . "Victory undone : the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its resurrection as ISIS"@en . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "2001 - 2011" . . "HISTORY / Middle East / General" . . "HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-) / bisacsh." . . "International relations." . . "Islamic fundamentalism." . . "Irak" . .