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Military realism : the logic and limits of force and innovation in the US Army /

After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army considered counterinsurgency (COIN) a mistake to be avoided. Many found it surprising, then, when setbacks in recent conflicts led the same army to adopt a COIN doctrine. Scholarly debates have primarily employed existing theories of military bureaucracy or cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Campbell, Peter P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia : University of Missouri, [2019]
Series:	American military experience series.
Subjects:	United States > Military policy. Military doctrine > United States > History > 20th century. Military doctrine > United States > History > 21st century. HISTORY / Military / Strategy. HISTORY / Military / United States.

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