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

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    • Publication Information:
      First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
    • Abstract:
      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.
    • Content Notes:
      "What we need is an officer with three heads" -- "Another type of warfare" -- Eating soup with a knife -- Revolutions -- Insurgent at war -- The irregulars -- "Where's my counterinsurgency plan?" -- Basin Harbor gang -- The directive -- Insurgent in the engine room of change -- The workshop -- Hearts & minds -- "Clear, hold, and build" -- "We are pulling in different directions" -- The field manual -- The surge -- Awakenings -- Insurgent in the Pentagon -- "It is folly" -- COIN vs. CT -- "Storm clouds" -- "A new American way of war".
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.
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    • Other Titles:
      David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war.
    • ISBN:
      9781451642636 (hbk.)
      1451642636 (hbk.)
    • Accession Number:
      2012022268
    • Accession Number:
      795504258
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.538083