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050 U240|b.P66 2013
082 00 355.0218|223
100 1 Porch, Douglas.
245 10 Counterinsurgency :|bexposing the myths of the new way of
war /|cDouglas Porch.
260 New York ;|aCambridge :|bCambridge University Press,
|c2013.
300 xiii, 434 p. :|bill., maps ;|c23 cm.
505 0 A "happy combination of clemency with firmness." The small
wars prologue -- The road from Sedan -- The paroxysms of
imperial might in the shadow of the Great war -- From
Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the
shadow of World War II -- From small wars to la guerre
subversive. The radicalization and collapse of French
counterinsurgency -- Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the
American way of war -- "A conspiracy of heroes" -
Revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America --
Building the "most successful counter-insurgency school" -
COIN as the British way of war -- Britain's thirty years'
war in Northern Ireland -- Vietnam with a happy ending -
Iraq and "the surge" -- Conclusion.
650 0 Counterinsurgency|vCase studies.
650 0 Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)|vCase studies.
650 0 Counterinsurgency|xHistory.
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