On Shifting Sands
Information Operations and the British Campaign in Iraq (2003-2009)
On Shifting Sands
Information Operations and the British Campaign in Iraq (2003-2009)
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Britain's intervention in Iraq remains a fault line across political leadership, the armed forces, and wider society. Yet despite the controversy – and the temptation to consign the campaign to history – it still offers hard, indispensable lessons about the character of contemporary conflict and the decisive role of information in modern warfare.
In this definitive study of British information operations in southern Iraq from 2003 to 2009, James Chandler examines how these efforts were conceived, contested, and executed. His analysis reveals why information operations mattered, why they often struggled, and how they can be employed as a genuinely effective component of future campaigns.
Drawing on unprecedented access to more than 6,000 pages of classified archives and interviews with senior commanders and frontline practitioners, Chandler provides the most comprehensive account to date of Britain's information operations in Iraq. He identifies the structural, cultural, and doctrinal changes required to ensure this vital capability is fully leveraged in the conflicts of today and tomorrow.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Information Operations in Conflict
Chapter 3: Britain's Conflict in Iraq
Chapter 4: The 'First Eleven' and Thereafter
Chapter 5: In the Van of the Volkssturm
Chapter 6: Best Effort in Basra?
Chapter 7: Hidden Phoenix
Chapter 8: On Shifting Sands
Appendix 1: Operation Telic – Deployment Details
Bibliography: Primary Sources
Bibliography: Secondary Sources
Product details
| Published | 07 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350464919 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Studies in Contemporary Warfare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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