Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State
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Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies · 2017 · Education
The defeat of al Qaeda in Anbar Province in 2007 was widely hailed as proof the United States could intervene in a war-torn country and, with the right strategy, bring stability and peace. Yet in 2014, much of Anbar fell to the Islamic State with shocking ease. Dr. Carter Malkasian will discuss his new book “Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State,” which looks at the wreckage to explain why the initial success proved misleading, why victory was unsustainable, and why Anbar should serve as a cautionary tale for future interventions. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel: http://cs.is/2dCfTve CSIS is the world's #1 defense and national security think tank. Visit http://www.csis.org to find more of our work as we bring bipartisan solutions to the world's greatest challenges. Check out the rest of our videos here: http://cs.is/2dolqpj Follow CSIS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/csis On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CSIS.org And on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/csis/
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