Lessons Unlearned: The U.S. Army's Role in Creating the Forever Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

by Pat Proctor

Colonel Pat Proctor's long overdue critique of the Army's preparation and outlook in the all-volunteer era focuses on a national security issue that continues to vex in the twenty-first century: Has the Army lost its ability to win strategically by focusing on fighting conventional battles against peer enemies? Or can it adapt to deal with the greater complexity of counterinsurgent and information-age warfare?

In this blunt critique of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826221947
• ISBN13: 9780826221940
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"