Learning to forget US Army counterinsurgency doctrine and practice from Vietnam to Iraq

Introduction : counterinsurgency and the uses of history 1. - 1. The Army's counterinsurgency war in Vietnam 19. - 2. "Out of the rice paddies": the 1970s and the decline of counterinsurgency 39. - 3. Low intensity conflict in the Reagan years 60. - 4. Peacekeeping and operations othe...

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1. Verfasser: FitzGerald, David (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Security Studies 2013
Schriftenreihe:Stanford security studies
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : counterinsurgency and the uses of history 1. - 1. The Army's counterinsurgency war in Vietnam 19. - 2. "Out of the rice paddies": the 1970s and the decline of counterinsurgency 39. - 3. Low intensity conflict in the Reagan years 60. - 4. Peacekeeping and operations other than war in the 1990s 86. - 5. Mr. Rumsfeld's war : transformation, doctrine and "phase IV" planning for Iraq 109 . - 6. Counterinsurgency and "Vietnam" in Iraq 2003-2006 134. - 7. The return to counterinsurgency: FM 3-24 and the "surge" 157. - 8. A never-ending war?: the renegotiation of "Vietnam" in Afghanistan 181
Introduction : counterinsurgency and the uses of historyThe Army's counterinsurgency war in Vietnam -- "Out of the rice paddies" : the 1970s and the decline of counterinsurgency -- Low intensity conflict in the Reagan years -- Peacekeeping and operations other than war in the 1990s -- Mr. Rumsfeld's war : transformation, doctrine and planning for Iraq -- Counterinsurgency and "Vietnam" in Iraq 2003-2006 -- The return to counterinsurgency : FM 3-24 and the "surge" -- A never-ending war? : the renegotiation of "Vietnam" in Afghanistan.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-274) and index
Beschreibung:X, 285 S.
24 cm
ISBN:9780804785815
978-0-8047-8581-5
0804785813
0-8047-8581-3