Learning to forget :: US Army counterinsurgency doctrine and practice from Vietnam to Iraq /

This book is a study of how the lessons of the Vietnam War influenced Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency in the post-Vietnam era, with a particular focus on the interplay between military doctrine and history. It demonstrates that Vietnam had a profound effect on Army attitudes towards counter...

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1. Verfasser: Fitzgerald, David, 1984-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:This book is a study of how the lessons of the Vietnam War influenced Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency in the post-Vietnam era, with a particular focus on the interplay between military doctrine and history. It demonstrates that Vietnam had a profound effect on Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency. These lessons, and the fortunes of counterinsurgency, were inextricably tied to the contemporary challenges the Army saw itself facing.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0804786429
9780804786423

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