Military strategy as public discourse : America's war in Afghanistan /
Sholtis, Tadd,1971-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-205) and index.
Introduction: military strategy as public discourse -- Prolonged indecision, not victory: fundamentals of strategic discourse -- Boxed in: policy discussions of US strategy in Afghanistan, 2009 -- Counterinsurgency redux: doctrine as public discourse -- Victims and villains: conflicting identities in Afghanistan's war stories -- Tell me how this ends: achieving public discourse on military strategy -- Conclusion: authority without compulsion.
Afghan War, 2001-
Strategy