The soul of armies counterinsurgency doctrine and military culture in the US and UK / Austin Long.

Author/creator Long, Austin G.
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Publication InfoIthaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Description1 online resource (x, 275 pages)
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SeriesCornell 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: The soul of armies Ithaca ; Cornell University Press, 2016. 9780801453793
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