An edition of The insurgents
(2013)
The insurgents
David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
by Fred M. Kaplan and Fred Kaplan
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This book describes the attempt to reform the culture of the US Armed Forces in the face of the challenges of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from a cold war machinery focussed on major battles against a massive enemy towards the flexible dominance over an elusive, ingrained and invisible one.
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Counterinsurgency, Armed Forces, Generals, Officers, Military policy, Campaigns, Planning, Strategic culture, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Education, Afghan War, 2001-, Biography, History, Insurgency, Generals, biography, United states, military policy, United states, armed forces, officers, New York Times reviewed, MilitaryPeople
David Howell Petraeus, Stanley McChrystal, David Galula, David Kilcullen, John A. Nagl, Robert Gates, Ricardo """"""""Bud"""""""" SanchezPlaces
United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria, USATimes
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The insurgents: David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
2013, Simon & Schuster
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Table of Contents
"What we need is an officer with three heads"
"Another type of warfare"
"Eating soup with a knife"
Revolutions
The insurgent at war
The irregulars
"Where's my counterinsurgency plan?"
The Basin Harbor gang
The directive
The insurgent in the engine room of change
The workshop
Hearts & minds
"Clear, hold, and build"
"We are pulling in different directions"
The field manual
The surge
Awakenings
The insurgent in the Pentagon
"It is folly"
COIN vs. CT
"Storm clouds"
"A new American way of war".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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