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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| Language: | English |
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Simon & Schuster,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kaplan, Fred M. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The insurgents : |b David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war / |c Fred Kaplan. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war |
| 250 | |a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 418 p. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "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". | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Counterinsurgency |z United States |x History. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Petraeus, David Howell. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Strategic culture |z United States |x History. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Generals |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Military policy |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Counterinsurgency |z Iraq |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Counterinsurgency |z Afghanistan |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Iraq War, 2003-2011 |x Campaigns. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Afghan War, 2001- |x Campaigns. | |
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