Losing small wars : British military failure in Iraq and Afghanstan /

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Partly on the strength of their apparent success in insurgencies such as Malaya and Northern Ireland, the British armed forces have long been perceived as world class, if not world beating. However, their recent performance in Iraq and Afghanistan is widely seen as-at best-disappointing; under Briti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ledwidge, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
2003-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Participation, British.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns > Iraq > Baṣrah.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Participation, British.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Campaigns > Afghanistan > Helmand River Valley.
Strategic culture > Great Britain.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Campagnes et batailles > Irak > Bassora.
Culture stratégique > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY > Military > Iraq War (2003- )
Armed Forces > Management
Military campaigns
Military participation > British
Military policy
Strategic culture
Guerre d'Irak (2003- ...) > Participation britannique.
Politique militaire > Grande-Bretagne > 1990- ...
Great Britain > Armed Forces > Management.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Great Britain
Iraq > Baṣrah
Afghanistan > 2001- ... (Intervention américaine) > Participation britannique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ridiculous expectations
  • Defeated, pure and simple
  • Where's Helmand?
  • A bleeding ulcer
  • Dereliction of duty : the generals and strategy
  • Cracking on: British military culture and doctrine
  • Tactics without strategy? The counterinsurgency conundrum
  • Doing no harm? The question of force
  • Civvies
  • Bad influences
  • Opening networks.

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