Our New Man in Baghdad
The new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq is Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, an intellectual who has specialized in tactics for fighting insurgencies. How will he change U.S strategy in Iraq?
Why was Petraeus chosen?
A career soldier with more experience in Iraq than any other active general, Petraeus, 54, is widely regarded as the most cerebral active-duty general in the U.S. military. Petraeus graduated near the top of his class from West Point, just a little too late to see action in Vietnam, and went on to earn a Ph.D. at Princeton in international relations. In his dissertation,
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