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Kaplan, Fred M.

The insurgents : David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war / David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war Fred Kaplan. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013. - x, 418 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.

"What we need is an officer with three heads" -- "Another type of warfare" -- "Eating soup with a knife" -- Revolutions -- The insurgent at war -- The irregulars -- "Where's my counterinsurgency plan?" -- The Basin Harbor gang -- The directive -- The 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 -- The insurgent in the Pentagon -- "It is folly" -- COIN vs. CT -- "Storm clouds" -- "A new American way of war".

ISBN: 9781451642636 (hbk.) 9781451642667 (ebook) 9781451642650 (trade pbk.)

LCCN: 2012022268

Subjects--Personal Names:
Petraeus, David Howell.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Counterinsurgency--History.--United States
Strategic culture--History.--United States
Generals--United States--Biography.
Counterinsurgency--History--Iraq--21st century.
Counterinsurgency--History--Afghanistan--21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Armed Forces--Officers--Education.
United States--Military policy--Planning.
United States--Military policy.

LC Class. No.: U241 / .K37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 355.02/180973