The insurgents David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
Fred KaplanThe insurgents David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war
January 1, 2013Simon & Schuster418 pages
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This book describes the attempt to reform the culture of the US Armed Forces in the face of the challenges of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from a cold war machinery focussed on major battles against a massive enemy towards the flexible dominance over an elusive, ingrained and invisible one.
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