Format:
1 online resource (332 pages)
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Karten
ISBN:
9781503612518
Content:
This book explores the lessons of recent wars as a way to understand continuity and change in the conduct of war.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I: Learning Lessons from History -- 1 Learning Lessons: The Value of a Contemporary Approach to History -- 2 Thoughts on Lessons Learned in the Past -- PART II: Iraq and Afghanistan -- 3 Lessons of the Iraq War -- 4 Operation Iraqi Freedom: Key Lessons from the British Experience -- 5 An Iraqi Military Perspective on the Invasion of 2003 -- 6 Afghanistan and the Crisis of Counterinsurgency, 2001-2014 -- 7 Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 -- 8 Raising and Mentoring Security Forces in Afghanistan -- 9 The Accidental Counterinsurgents: U.S. Performance in Afghanistan -- PART III: Lessons of Other Wars -- 10 Lessons of Modern War: A Case Study of the Sri Lankan War -- 11 Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines: Lessons Learned from a Special Warfare Approach to Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency -- 12 Lessons from the War in Georgia -- 13 Russian Military Doctrine and Exercises -- 14 Operation Cast Lead: "From Light Duty to Heavy Duty" -- 15 An Incomplete Success: Security Assistance in Colombia -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- O -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Language:
English
