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03167aam a2200421 i 4500 001 003F23966B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 151109t20152015caua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015044123 020 $a 0833082655 020 $a 9780833082657 035 $a (OCoLC)928751355 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCF $d IPL $d SYB $d IUL $d TXA $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-af--- $a a-af--- 050 00 $a DS371.412 P47 2015 100 1 $a Perry, Walt L., $e author. 245 10 $a Toppling the Taliban : $b air-ground operations in Afghanistan, October 2001-June 2002 / $c Walter L. Perry, David Kassing. 246 30 $a Air-ground operations in Afghanistan, October 2001-June 2002 264 1 $a Santa Monica, CA : $b RAND Corporation, $c [2015] 300 $a xxxiii, 148 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a RR-381-A 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-148). 520 $a "The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks caught the United States without a plan for military operations in Afghanistan. In less than 30 days, the Department of Defense created a plan that involved an unprecedented combination of special operations forces (SOF), Afghan fighters, and airpower. Operations were initiated on October 7, and Afghanistan's Taliban government was toppled in less than two months. An interim administration was installed on December 22, and civil-military operations began. This report describes the preparations for Operation Enduring Freedom at CENTCOM and elsewhere, Army operations and support activities, building a coalition, and civil-military operations in Afghanistan through the end of June 2002. The research used contemporary records and interviews with key participants to gain authoritative perspectives on events and issues. U.S. forces were surprisingly successful in toppling the Taliban. The rigorous preparation of SOF clearly paid off. Air-land operations were decisive. Small-unit soldiers and leaders passed the tests of the harsh Afghan environment. Force protection, logistics operations, and communications each worked well. Nonetheless, several problems emerged. Joint planning and training needed to be pushed to lower levels, underscoring the need for the Army to jointly plan the employment of its fire support assets. Other issues included logistics procedures for small operations and civil-military organization and procedures. Many of these issues were later addressed by Army leaders."--Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a Postwar reconstruction $z Afghanistan. 610 20 $a Taliban $x History. 700 1 $a Kassing, David, $e author. 710 2 $a Rand Corporation, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Arroyo Center, $e sponsoring body. 830 0 $a Research report (Rand Corporation) ; $v RR-381-A. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826043738.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=003F23966B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search