The soul of armies counterinsurgency doctrine and military culture in the US and UK / Austin Long.
| Author/creator | Long, Austin G. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cornell studies in security affairs Cornell studies in security affairs. ^A187491 |
| Contents | Military doctrine and the challenge of counterinsurgency -- Culture, doctrine and military professionalization -- "The habits and usages of war": U.S. army professionalization, 1865-1962 -- From the halls of Montezuma: Marine Corps professionalization, 1865-1960 -- A family of regiments: British Army professionalization,1856-1948 -- "A nasty, untidy mess": U.S. counterinsurgency in Vietnam, 1960-71 -- A natural experiment in I Corps, 1966-68 -- Out of Africa: British Army counterinsurgency in Kenya,1952-56 -- Counterinsurgency in the land of two rivers: the Americans and British in Iraq, 2003-8 -- Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2003-11. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: The soul of armies Ithaca ; Cornell University Press, 2016. 9780801453793 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021694385 |
| ISBN | 9781501703904 ebook |
| ISBN | (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | pbk : alk. paper |