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

Author/creator Kaplan, Fred M.
Format Book
Edition1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Descriptionx, 418 pages ; 25 cm
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, 2001-2021--Campaigns.
United States--Armed Forces. --Officers. --Education.
United States--Military policy. --Planning.
United States--Military policy. --History.

Portion of title David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
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".
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.
LCCN 2012022268
ISBN9781451642636 (hbk.)
ISBN1451642636 (hbk.)
ISBN9781451642667 (ebook)
ISBN1451642660 (ebook)
ISBN9781451642650 (trade pbk.)
ISBN1451642652 (trade pbk.)

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