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The Soul of Armies - Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK (Hardcover)
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The Soul of Armies - Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK (Hardcover)
Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was
a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and,
along with counterterrorism, has been the greatest security
challenge after September 11, 2001. In The Soul of Armies Austin
Long compares and contrasts counterinsurgency operations during the
Cold War and in recent years by three organizations: the US Army,
the US Marine Corps, and the British Army.Long argues that the
formative experiences of these three organizations as they
professionalized in the nineteenth century has produced distinctive
organizational cultures that shape operations. Combining archival
research on counterinsurgency campaigns in Vietnam and Kenya with
the author's personal experience as a civilian advisor to the
military in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Soul of Armies demonstrates
that the US Army has persistently conducted counterinsurgency
operations in a very different way from either the US Marine Corps
or the British Army. These differences in conduct have serious
consequences, affecting the likelihood of success, the potential
for civilian casualties and collateral damage, and the ability to
effectively support host nation governments. Long concludes
counterinsurgency operations are at best only a partial explanation
for success or failure.
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