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The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war / Fred Kaplan.
Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: x, 418 p. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781451642636 :
- 1451642636 :
- David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
- 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 -- Planning
- United States -- Military policy -- History
- Counterinsurgency -- Iraq -- History -- 21st century
- Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns
- U241 .K37 2013
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".
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | U 241 .K37 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5141232 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.
"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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