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The Counterinsurgency Challenge: A Parable of Leadership and Decision Making in Modern Conflict
Author
Christopher D Kolenda Foreword by General Stanley A McChrystal (US Army, Retired
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789381089194
  • year : 2012
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Description
* Instruction on the best ways to command a counterinsurgency operation, presented in the form of a parable in which a fictional commander participates in virtual reality simulations of various fictional combat situations that include elements of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan * Explores the likely consequences of a range of command decisions based on lessons learned in current wars * Emphasises the need for a new approach to counterinsurgency operations, one not based on the standards of conventional warfare