The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture: Lessons Learned and Lost in America's Wars

by Jeannie L. Johnson

Book Overview

The United States Marine Corps has a unique culture that ensures comradery, exacting standards, and readiness to be the first to every fight. Yet even in a group that is known for innovation, culture can push leaders to fall back on ingrained preferences. Jeannie L. Johnson takes a sympathetic but critical look at the Marine Corps's long experience with counterinsurgency warfare. Which counterinsurgency lessons have been learned and retained for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626165556
• ISBN13: 9781626165557
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"