The Influences on British Strategic Decision-Making in the Iraq Intervention 2003 - 2009

From 2003 to 2009 the British Government intervened in the nation of Iraq. This intervention, which commenced with the controversial invasion of March 2003, marks a significant event in British history: one that is broadly considered a failure.  

This presentation examines British strategic decision-making in the Iraq intervention. It uses the ‘levels of analysis’ of human behaviour, the internal structure of states, and the international system to identify the principal influences on British decision-making and how these influences evolved over time. It examines how the presence of ‘war’ drove a deep unpredictability in the environment in Iraq, inhibiting the execution of successful strategy.

Speaker
Colonel Tom McDermott, CSC, DSO is a serving soldier in the Australian Defence Force.  He is a veteran of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and of the campaign in Afghanistan.
 

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