Knife fights, a memoir of modern war in theory and practice, John A. Nagl
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Knife fights, a memoir of modern war in theory and practice, John A. Nagl
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Knife fights
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bibliography
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889886734
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John A. Nagl
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a memoir of modern war in theory and practice
Summary
An influential Army officer traces the Gulf War experiences that shaped his perspectives on the changing nature of conventional combat and his then-discounted views about terrorism, citing his role in coauthoring the military's new counterinsurgency field manual
Table Of Contents
Ghostriders in the storm -- A counterinsurgent at Oxford and West Point -- Back to Iraq -- The first Washington fight: Iraq -- Clear, hold, and build -- Proof of concept -- The second Washington fight: Afghanistan -- Counterinsurgency revisited
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