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Author:

Flynn, Matthew J.

Title:

Contesting history : the Bush counterinsurgency legacy in Iraq / Matthew J. Flynn.

Publisher:

Praeger Security International,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 164 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Guerrilla warfare--Case studies.--Case studies.
Insurgency--Case studies.
Counterinsurgency--Case studies.--Case studies.
Military history, Modern--Case studies.
Iraq War, 2003---Influence.
Counterinsurgency--Iraq--History--21st century.
Bush, George W.--(George Walker),--1946---Political and social views.
National security--United States

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Intervention as liberation : the French in Mexico, 1861-1867 -- Holding onto chaos : the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula, 1915-1918 -- Impossible resistance : the American war in Vietnam, 1965-1975 -- A better ideology : the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, 1979-1989 -- Warfare as ritual : the war in Chechnya, 1994-1999 -- Creating an insurgency : the battle that came after victory in Iraq, 2003-present -- Conclusion : the surge in historical perspective.

ISBN:

0313384894 (ebk.)
9780313384899 (ebk.)
0313384886 (acid-free paper)
9780313384882 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)526807010

LCCN:

2010004230

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)