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The insurgents

David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war

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An edition of The insurgents (2013)

The insurgents

David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war

by and

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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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
418

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Subjects

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, Military

People

David Howell Petraeus, Stanley McChrystal, David Galula, David Kilcullen, John A. Nagl, Robert Gates, Ricardo """"""""Bud"""""""" Sanchez

Places

United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria, USA

Times

21st century, 2001-2012
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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".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Titles
David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war

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Dewey Decimal Class
355.02/180973
Library of Congress
U241 .K37 2013, U241.K37 2013

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
418

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OL25355780M
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ISBN 13
9781451642636, 9781451642667, 9781451642650
LCCN
2012022268
OCLC/WorldCat
795504258
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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