Lifting the fog of peace : how Americans learned to fight modern war /

Counterinsurgency and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are only the most recent examples of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting insurgents, building infrastructure, enforcing laws, and governing cities. For more than two centuries, these assignments have been a regular part of the military�...

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Main Author: Davidson, Janine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2010]
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Table of Contents:
  • On the front lines with America's nation builders
  • Military learning and competing theories of change
  • Two centuries of small wars and nation building
  • Vietnam to Iraq : debating the "new world order"
  • Learning to learn : the training revolution in the post-Vietnam military
  • Doctrine and education for the new force
  • Learning to surge in Iraq
  • Learning theory and military change in the 21st century.