Losing small wars : British military failure in Iraq and Afghanistan / Frank Ledwidge.

Author/creator Ledwidge, Frank
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, British.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns. --Iraq. --Baṣrah.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Participation, British.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns. --Afghanistan. --Helmand River Valley.
Strategic culture--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Armed Forces. --Management.
Great Britain--Military policy.

Contents Ridiculous expectations -- Defeated, pure and simple -- Where's Helmand? -- A bleeding ulcer -- Dereliction of duty : the generals and strategy -- Cracking on: British military culture and doctrine -- Tactics without strategy? The counterinsurgency conundrum -- Doing no harm? The question of force -- Civvies -- Bad influences -- Opening networks.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [270]-298) and index.
LCCN 2011012024
ISBN9780300166712 (hbk.)
ISBN0300166710 (hbk.)