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01850aam a22003378a 4500 001 4555221245E811E3A4FDE4CADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131105010132 008 121016s2013 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2012038690 020 $a 1107699843 020 $a 9781107699847 035 $a (OCoLC)813414777 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d SILO 050 00 $a U240 $b .P66 2013 082 00 $a 355.02/18 $2 23 100 1 $a Porch, Douglas. 245 10 $a Counterinsurgency : $b exposing the myths of the new way of war / $c Douglas Porch. 260 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c c2013. 263 $a 1303 300 $a xiii, 434 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a A "happy combination of clemency with firmness." The small wars prologue -- The road from Sedan -- The paroxysms of imperial might in the shadow of the Great war -- From Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the shadow of World War II -- From small wars to la guerre subversive. The radicalization and collapse of French counterinsurgency -- Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the American way of war -- "A conspiracy of heroes" -- Revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America -- Building the "most successful counter-insurgency school" -- COIN as the British way of war -- Britain's thirty years' war in Northern Ireland -- Vietnam with a happy ending -- Iraq and "the surge" -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Counterinsurgency $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Counterinsurgency $x History. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210022512.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826081023.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140410010547.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4555221245E811E3A4FDE4CADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search