"An oral history of President George W. Bush's decision to surge troops to Iraq, accompanied by scholarly analysis by leading scholars of international security and presidential history"-- Provided by publisher.

America's war in Iraq : 2003-2005 -- This strategy is not working : January-June 2006 -- Together forward? : June-August 2006 -- Silos and stovepipes : September-October 2006 -- Setting the stage : early November 2006 -- A sweeping internal review : mid-late November 2006 -- Choosing to surge : December 2006 -- What kind of surge? : late December 2006-January 2007 -- How "the surge" came to be / Stephen Hadley, Peter Feaver, and Meghan O'Sullivan -- Iraq, Vietnam, and the meaning of victory / Andrew Preston -- Decisions and politics / Robert Jervis -- Blood, treasure, and time : strategy-making for the surge / Richard Betts -- Strategy and "the surge" / Joshua Rovner -- Civil military relations and the 2006 Iraq surge / Kori Schake -- The Bush administration's decision to surge in Iraq : a long and winding road / Richard H. Immerman -- The President as policy entrepreneur : George W. Bush and the 2006 Iraq strategy review / Colin Dueck.