TY - BOOK AU - METZ Steven TI - Insurgency and counterinsurgency in Iraq PY - 2004/// KW - COUNTERINSURGENCY KW - INSURGENCY KW - IRAQ WAR N1 - Entered on 17/FEB/2004 by CMP N2 - Suggests first that insurgencies are rarely taken seriously enough early enough, and second that the U.S. in Iraq faces a situation where the preconditions for a sustained insurgency clearly exist. Analyses the present position of Iraqi opposition to the U.S. and identifies some possible options for progress as well as the risks not just for Iraq but for U.S. foreign policy ER -