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The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
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The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war / Fred Kaplan.
ISBN
9781451642636 (hbk.)
1451642636 (hbk.)
9781451642667 (ebk.)
1451642660 (ebk.)
9781451642650 (pbk.)
1451642652 (pbk.)
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Physical Description
418 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
The inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars who changed the way the Pentagon does business and the American military fights wars, against fierce resistance from within their own ranks.
Variant and related titles
David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 at Tatooine
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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