Learning to forget : US army counterinsurgency doctrine and practice from Vietnam to Iraq / David Fitzgerald.

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FITZGERALD David

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TextPublication details: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: x, 285 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780804785815 (hbk.) :

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Summary: This book is a study of how the lessons of the Vietnam War influenced Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency in the post-Vietnam era, with a particular focus on the interplay between military doctrine and history. It demonstrates that Vietnam had a profound effect on Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency. These lessons, and the fortunes of counterinsurgency, were inextricably tied to the contemporary challenges the Army saw itself facing.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-274) and index.

This book is a study of how the lessons of the Vietnam War influenced Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency in the post-Vietnam era, with a particular focus on the interplay between military doctrine and history. It demonstrates that Vietnam had a profound effect on Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency. These lessons, and the fortunes of counterinsurgency, were inextricably tied to the contemporary challenges the Army saw itself facing.

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