Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

by David Donovan

It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true.

Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497696
• ISBN13: 9780786497690
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher