TY - BOOK AU - LOMPERIS Timothy J TI - The first surge : : the repulse of the easter invasion in South Vietnam, 1972 implicatons for Iraq and Afghanistan PY - 2016/// KW - VIETNAM KW - INTERVENTION KW - INSURGENCY KW - AFGHANISTAN KW - SMALL WARS KW - COUNTERINSURGENCY N2 - In this article Vietnam with some thoroughness and concentrate on the highlights of Iraq and Afghanistan. Four feature of a surge for this analysis : the military dimensions and strategy of the surging forces, the military dimensions and strategy of the surging forces, the military capabilities of the host forces the political vitality and the political commitment in the domestic politics of the intervener UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2016.1123434 ER -