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 | #546198 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2013-08-19 |  2013-07-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.79 x5.98l,.0 | File type: PDF | 445 pages

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||41 of 44 people found the following review helpful.| It's the strategy, stupid. (Kindle Edition)|By The F7 Pawn|This book could be more accurately described as a thinly-veiled condemnation of imperialism and the related COIN tactics that accompany it rather than an attack on COIN per se. It's a pity, too, because Mr. Porch spoils some fine historical and strategic analysis with some unnecessary and regrettable exaggerations of| |"In this brilliant volume master historian Douglas Porch shatters the myth of contemporary counterinsurgency by exposing its raw historical roots. American counterinsurgents often preach moralistic sounding bromides like 'protect and serve the local population

Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs - monetary, political and moral - of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today's counterinsurgency proponents point to 'small wars' past to support their view that the enemy is 'biddable' if the correct tactical formulas are applied. Douglas Porch's sweeping history of c...

You easily download any file type for your device.Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War   |  Douglas Porch.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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