Title: The soul of armies : counterinsurgency doctrine and military culture in the US and UK /
Authors: Long, Austin G.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Military doctrine United States.; Military doctrine Great Britain.; Counterinsurgency.; Armed Forces Attitudes; Counterinsurgency; Military doctrine; United States Armed Forces Attitudes.; Great Britain Armed Forces Attitudes.; Great Britain; United States
Contents: Military doctrine and the challenge of counterinsurgency -- Culture, doctrine, and military professionalization -- "The habits and usages of war": U.S. army professionalization, 1865-1962 -- From the halls of Montezuma: Marine Corps professionalization, 1865-1960 -- A family of regiments: British Army professionalization, 1856-1948 -- "A nasty, untidy mess": U.S. counterinsurgency in Vietnam, 1960-71 -- A natural experiment in I Corps, 1966-68 -- Out of Africa: British Army counterinsurgency in Kenya, 1952-56 -- Counterinsurgency in the land of two rivers: the Americans and British in Iraq, 2003-8 -- Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2003-11.