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The insurgents, David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war, Fred Kaplan

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The insurgents, David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war, Fred Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The insurgents

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

795504258

Responsibility statement

Fred Kaplan

Sub title

David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war

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

Table Of 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 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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David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war

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