The insurgents
Subtitle: David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
By: Fred Kaplan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781451642636; 9781451642667; 9781451642650
Subjects: Counterinsurgency; Armed Forces; Generals; Officers; Military policy; Campaigns; Planning; Strategic culture; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Education; Afghan War, 2001-; Biography; History
Other titles: David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "What we need is an officer with three heads"; title: "Another type of warfare"; title: "Eating soup with a knife"; title: Revolutions; title: The insurgent at war; title: The irregulars; title: "Where's my counterinsurgency plan?"; title: The Basin Harbor gang; title: The directive; title: The insurgent in the engine room of change; title: The workshop; title: Hearts & minds; title: "Clear, hold, and build"; title: "We are pulling in different directions"; title: The field manual; title: The surge; title: Awakenings; title: The insurgent in the Pentagon; title: "It is folly"; title: COIN vs. CT; title: "Storm clouds"; title: "A new American way of war".