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Title:
Knife fights : a memoir of modern war in theory and practice / John A. Nagl.
Author:
Nagl, John A., 1966-
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2014.
Call Number:
U241 .N34 2014
Abstract:
An influential Army officer traces the Gulf War experiences that shaped his perspectives on the changing nature of conventional combat and his then-discounted views about terrorism, citing his role in coauthoring the military's new counterinsurgency field manual.
ISBN:
9781594204982
Physical Description:
269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Ghostriders in the storm -- A counterinsurgent at Oxford and West Point -- Back to Iraq -- The first Washington fight: Iraq -- Clear, hold, and build -- Proof of concept -- The second Washington fight: Afghanistan -- Counterinsurgency revisited.
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