Description
A national security expert makes the case for a dramatically different approach to counterinsurgency.
"It is rare to read a book which combines academic excellence with such timely advice on a question of national importance. Mark Moyar has achieved this in his penetrating examination of leadership. . . . His perceptive analysis will have enduring value on both sides of the Atlantic for military commanders, policy-makers and historians alike."--General Sir David Richards, Chief of the General Staff, RUSI Journal
"[This] brilliant young scholar of the Vietnam War reminds us that it takes a special kind of soldier--reflective, patient, creative--to lead counterinsurgency operations."--Eliot A. Cohen, Washington Post
"An insightful revisionist look at counterinsurgency . . . essential reading for students of military history and anyone interested in what can be learned from the current fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan."--Library Journal
Author: Mark Moyar
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.92w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9780300168075
ISBN10: 0300168071
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | Strategy
- Technology & Engineering | Military Science
About the Author
Mark Moyar is director of research at Orbis Operations and the author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 and Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam.
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