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020			_a0718513118 (hbk.)
100		1	_aSHAFER D Michael
245		0	_aDeadly paradigms: _bthe failure of US counterinsurgency policy
260			_aLeicester: _bLeicester University Press, _c1988
300			_a331p.
520			_aAmerican policymakers have consistently and fundamentally misperceived the political context of revolutionary wars direct against American clients. American attempts at countersurgery were based on faulty premises, these efforts have failed in virtually every instance. American foreign policy must examine the cognitive processes of policymakers in addition to directing their attention to other patterns of explanation.
650			_aCOUNTERINSURGENCY
650			_aINSURGENCY
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY
650			_aUNITED STATES _xSECURITY POLICY
945			_i0002369 _rY _sY
999			_c5307 _d5307