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Author:

Kaplan, Fred M.

Title:

The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war / Fred Kaplan.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster paperback ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 418 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Counterinsurgency--United States--History.
Petraeus, David Howell.
Strategic culture--United States--History.
United States--Education.--Officers--Education.
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States--Planning.--Planning.
United States--History.--History.
Counterinsurgency--Iraq--History--21st century.
Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--History--21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.

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"

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.

ISBN:

9781451642650 (pbk.)
1451642652 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870996495

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)