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The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war Cover Image

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.

Record details

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

Content descriptions

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".