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

David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war (portion title)
Kaplan, Fred M. (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781451642636
  • ISBN: 1451642636
  • ISBN: 9781451642650
  • Physical Description: 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
"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 at Tatooine -- 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".

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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.
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