http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/why-did-violence-decline-during-the-us-%E2%80%9Csurge%E2%80%9D-in-iraq <span>Why Did Violence Decline During the US “Surge” in Iraq?</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Mon, 02/04/2013 - 3:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The Surge was only one piece of a broader confluence of events, critically the Shiite victory in the civil war, the formation of “Sons of Iraq” groups, the cease-fire of the Mahdi Army, and the role of regional actors. </p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/why-did-violence-decline-during-the-us-%E2%80%9Csurge%E2%80%9D-in-iraq" rel="tag" title="Why Did Violence Decline During the US “Surge” in Iraq?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Why Did Violence Decline During the US “Surge” in Iraq?</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/why-did-violence-decline-during-the-us-%E2%80%9Csurge%E2%80%9D-in-iraq#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1055/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1360710644" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13757 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com