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The insurgents

by Fred M. Kaplan, Kaplan, Fred

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This book describes the attempt to reform the culture of the US Armed Forces in the face of the challenges of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from a cold war machinery focussed on major battles against a massive enemy towards the flexible dominance over an elusive, ingrained and invisible one.

CounterinsurgencyArmed ForcesGeneralsOfficersMilitary policyCampaignsPlanningStrategic cultureIraq War, 2003-2011EducationAfghan War, 2001-Biography