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

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.

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Main Author:	Kaplan, Fred M.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:	Counterinsurgency > United States > History. Petraeus, David Howell. Strategic culture > United States > History. United States > Armed Forces > Officers > Education. Generals > United States > Biography. United States > Military policy > History. Counterinsurgency > Iraq > History > 21st century. Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan > History > 21st century. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns. Afghan War, 2001- > Campaigns.
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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.
Physical Description:	x, 418 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.
ISBN:	9781451642636 (hbk.) 1451642636 (hbk.) 9781451642667 (ebook) 1451642660 (ebook) 9781451642650 (trade pbk.) 1451642652 (trade pbk.)
Author Notes:	Fred Kaplan teaches at Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. He is the editor of The Essential Gore Vidal and the author of the biographies Henry James, Dickens, and Thomas Carlyle, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Kaplan lives in Brooklyn, New York. (Publisher Provided)