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Title: Failure of Counterinsurgency, The: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won
Author : Ivan Eland
Release Date : January 19, 2013
Genre: Military,Books,History,Politics & Current Events,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1214 KB

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Given the unsatisfactory outcomes of the counterinsurgency (COIN) wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military is now in a heated debate over whether wars involving COIN operations are worth fighting. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of COIN through key historic episodes and concludes that the answer is an emphatic "no," based on a dominant record of U.S. military or political failure, and inconsistency in the reasons for the rare cases of success. The author also examines the implications of his findings for U.S. foreign policy, defense policy, and future weapons procurement.