
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the US and the Americas Programme for their support and guidance throughout the writing and production stages of this paper, most notably Xenia Wickett, Leslie Vinjamuri, Jacob Parakilas, Courtney Rice, Ted Knudsen and Marnie Adamson; and to the funders of the Whitehead Senior Fellowship whose generous support made this project possible. Gratitude is also extended to the many dozens of active-duty and retired military officers who shared their insights and experiences from serving in the Middle East. Finally, thanks go to Michael Tsang, Jake Statham and Joanne Maher from the Chatham House publications team for their invaluable editorial control, without which this paper would never have been completed.