Counterinsurgency American style: Considering David Petraeus and twenty-first century irregular war
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Authors
Russell, James A.
Subjects
Afghanistan
Iraq
ISAF, Stanley McChrystal
Ray Odierno
Operation Moshtarak
David Petraeus: revolution of military affairs (RMA)
Taliban
Vietnam
Iraq
ISAF, Stanley McChrystal
Ray Odierno
Operation Moshtarak
David Petraeus: revolution of military affairs (RMA)
Taliban
Vietnam
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2014
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2014
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Taylor & Francis
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Abstract
This article examines the complex legacy of David Petraeus who was a key figure in the emergence of the US military shift towards counterinsurgency doctrine in the years after 2006. Although Petraeus has been perceived by critics as a publicity seeker, he can be credited with laying the foundations for a more serious commitment to COIN involving in particular in integrating conventional and Special Forces in arenas like village stability operations. The article looks a Petraeus’s role in both Iraq and Afghanistan: it concludes that, in the case of Afghanistan, it is too early to assess whether counterinsurgency has had a decisive impact of the outcome of the war against the Taliban.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2014.893956
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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22 p.
Citation
Russell, James A. "Counterinsurgency American style: Considering David Petraeus and twenty-first century irregular war." Small Wars & Insurgencies 25.1 (2014): 69-90.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.