Transforming US Intelligence for Irregular War: Task Force 714 in Iraq

by Richard H. Shultz Jr.

When Joint Special Operations Command deployed Task Force 714 to Iraq in 2003, it faced an adversary unlike any it had previously encountered: al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI's organization into multiple, independent networks and its application of Information Age technologies allowed it to wage war across a vast landscape. To meet this unique threat, TF 714 developed the intelligence capacity to operate inside those networks, and in the words of commander...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626167648
• ISBN13: 9781626167643
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"