Learning to forget : US Army counterinsurgency doctrine and practice from Vietnam to Iraq /

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This book is a study of how the lessons of the Vietnam War influenced Army attitudes towards counterinsurgency in the post-Vietnam era, with a particular focus on the interplay between military doctrine and history. It demonstrates that Vietnam had a profound effect on Army attitudes towards counter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitzgerald, David, 1984-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
United States. > Army > History.
États-Unis. > Army > Histoire.
United States. > Army
1961-2011
Counterinsurgency > United States > History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Contre-rébellion > États-Unis > Histoire.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Counterinsurgency
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Iraq
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : counterinsurgency and the uses of history
  • The Army's counterinsurgency war in Vietnam
  • "Out of the rice paddies" : the 1970s and the decline of counterinsurgency
  • Low intensity conflict in the Reagan years
  • Peacekeeping and operations other than war in the 1990s
  • Mr. Rumsfeld's war : transformation, doctrine and planning for Iraq
  • Counterinsurgency and "Vietnam" in Iraq 2003-2006
  • The return to counterinsurgency : FM 3-24 and the "surge"
  • A never-ending war? : the renegotiation of "Vietnam" in Afghanistan.

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