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America'S Modern Wars - Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam (Hardcover)
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America'S Modern Wars - Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam (Hardcover)
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While the past half-century has seen no diminution in the valor and
fighting skill of the U.S. military and its allies, the fact
remains that our wars have become more protracted, with decisive
results more elusive. With only two exceptions-Panama and the Gulf
War under the first President Bush-our campaigns have taken on the
character of endless slogs without positive results. This
fascinating book takes a ground-up look at the problem in order to
assess how our strategic objectives have recently become divorced
from our true capability, or imperatives. The book presents a
unique examination of the nature of insurgencies and the three
major guerrilla wars the United States has fought in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Vietnam. It is both a theoretical work and one that
applies the hard experience of the last five decades to address the
issues of today. As such, it also provides a timely and meaningful
discussion of America's current geopolitical position. It starts
with the previously close-held casualty estimate for Iraq that The
Dupuy Institute compiled in 2004 for the U.S. Department of
Defense. Going from the practical to the theoretical, it then
discusses a construct for understanding insurgencies and the
contexts in which they can be fought. It applies these principles
to Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, assessing where the projection of
U.S. power can enhance our position and where it merely weakens it.
It presents an extensive analysis of insurgencies based upon a
unique database of 83 post-WWII cases. The book explores what is
important to combat and what is not important to resist in
insurgencies. As such, it builds a body of knowledge based upon a
half-century's worth of real-world data, with analysis, not
opinion. In these pages, Christopher A. Lawrence, the President of
The Dupuy Institute, provides an invaluable guide to how the U.S.
can best project its vital power, while avoiding the missteps of
the recent past.
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