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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.

Main Author: Kaplan, Fred M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Petraeus, David Howell.
Counterinsurgency > United States > History.
Strategic culture > United States > History.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Counterinsurgency > Iraq > History > 21st century.
Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan > History > 21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns.
Afghan War, 2001- > Campaigns.
United States > Armed Forces > Officers > Education.
United States > Military policy > History.
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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