Counterinsurgency

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781921640346
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Pages: 268


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In Counterinsurgency, Kilcullen brings together his most salient writings on this key topic. At the heart of the book is his legendary 'Twenty-Eight Articles', in which he shows company leaders how to practise counterinsurgency in the real world, 'at night, with the GPS down, the media criticizing you, the locals complaining in a language you don't understand, and an unseen enemy killing your people by ones and twos'. Reading this piece is like reading a modern-day Sun Tzu - in such pithy adages as 'Rank is nothing- talent is everything' or 'Train the squad leaders - then trust them', Kilcullen offers advice that any leader would be wise to consider. The other pieces in this book include Kilcullen's pioneering study of counterinsurgency in Indonesia, his ten-point plan for 'the Surge' in Iraq, and his frank look at the problems in Afghanistan. He concludes with a new strategic approach to the 'War on Terror', arguing that counterinsurgency rather than traditional counterterrorism may offer the best approach to defeat

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