The Essence of Desperation:  Accounting for Counterinsurgency Doctrines as Solutions to Warfighting Failures in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Why does counterinsurgency emerge during periods of warfighting failure and in crisis situations? How is it conceptualized and legitimized? As the second counterinsurgency era for the United States military ends, how such a method of warfare arises, grips the military, policy makers, and think tank...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riddle, William Bryan
Other Authors: School of Public and International Affairs
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81416