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Fred Kaplan and
Kevin Foley (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Tantor Media Inc
Publication date
January 4, 2013
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781452641546
ISBN-10
1452641544
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 6 in.
Weight
0.86 lbs.
Original list price
$90.99
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the main insurgency is the one led at home by a new generation of officersâincluding Petraeus, John Nagl, David Kilcullen, and H. R. McMasterâwho were seized with an idea on how to fight these kinds of "small wars" and who adapted their enemies' techniques to overhaul their own army. Fred Kaplan explains where their idea came from and how the men and women who latched onto this idea created a community (some would refer to themselves as a "cabal") and maneuvered the idea through the highest echelons of power. This is a cautionary tale about how creative ideas can harden into dogma, how smart strategistsâ"the best and the brightest" of todayâcan win bureaucratic battles but still lose the wars. The Insurgents made the U.S. military more adaptive to the conflicts of the post-Cold War era, but their self-confidence led us deeper into wars we shouldn't have fought and couldn't help but lose.
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CD/Spoken Word
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With Fred Kaplan |
Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (January 4, 2013); titled "The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War: Library Edition"
9781452641546 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.86 lbs | List price $90.99
About: Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
About: Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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