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A question of command : counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq / Mark Moyar.

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MOYAR Mark

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven CT : Yale U P, 2009Description: 347 pISBN:

9780300152760 (hbk.) :

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Summary: Argues that successful counterinsurgency depends on outstanding leadership abilities; therefore efforts and resources should be directed to developing leaders and concentrating on security and civil administration rather than on hearts and minds campaigns. Case studies include: the American Civil War and reconstruction, the Philippine Insurrection, the Huk Rebellion, the Malayan Emergency, Vietnam War, El Salvador Insurgency, Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War.

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Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	355.0218 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	27374-3001
Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	355.0218 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	27374-2001
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Argues that successful counterinsurgency depends on outstanding leadership abilities; therefore efforts and resources should be directed to developing leaders and concentrating on security and civil administration rather than on hearts and minds campaigns. Case studies include: the American Civil War and reconstruction, the Philippine Insurrection, the Huk Rebellion, the Malayan Emergency, Vietnam War, El Salvador Insurgency, Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War.

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