| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012022268 |
| ISBN | 9781451642636 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1451642636 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781451642667 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1451642660 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781451642650 (trade pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1451642652 (trade pbk.) |
