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The first book of its kind, "Hearts and Minds" is a scathing response to the grand narrative of U.S. counterinsurgency, in which warfare is defined not by military might alone but by winning the "hearts and minds" of civilians. Dormant as a tactic since the days of the Vietnam War, in 2006 the U.S. Army drafted a new field manual heralding the resurrection of counterinsurgency as a primary military engagement strategy; counterinsurgency campaigns followed in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite the fact that counterinsurgency had utterly failed to account for the actual lived experiences of the people whose hearts and minds America had sought to win. Drawing on leading thinkers in the field and using key examples from Malaya, the Philippines, Vietnam, El Salvador, Iraq, and Afghanistan, "Hearts and Minds" brings a long-overdue focus on the many civilians caught up in these conflicts. Both urgent and timely, this important book challenges the idea of a neat divide between insurgents and the populations from which they emerge--and should be required reading for anyone engaged in the most important contemporary debates over U.S. military policy.
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Counterinsurgency, Case studies, History, Insurgency, Law, vietnam, Law, malaysia, Law, philippines, Law, iraq, Law, afghanistanPlaces
Afghanistan, Vietnam, Malaysia, El Salvador, Philippines, IraqTimes
20th century, 21st centuryShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Hearts and minds: a people's history of counterinsurgency
2013, The New Press
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Hearts and Minds: A People's History of Counterinsurgency
2013, New Press, The
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Hearts and Minds: A People's History of Counterinsurgency
2013, New Press, The
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