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

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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主要作者: Ledwidge, Frank
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
在线阅读:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=389341
书本目录:
  • 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.