The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won

by Ivan Eland

This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

Given the unsatisfactory outcomes of the counterinsurgency (COIN) wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military is now in a heated debate over whether wars involving COIN operations are worth fighting. This book provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440830096
• ISBN13: 9781440830099
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years