Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq - Paperback
Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq - Paperback
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by Mark Moyar (Author), Donald Kagan (Foreword by), Frederick Kagan (Foreword by)
A national security expert makes the case for a dramatically different approach to counterinsurgency.
"It is rare to read a book which combines academic excellence with such timely advice on a question of national importance. Mark Moyar has achieved this in his penetrating examination of leadership. . . . His perceptive analysis will have enduring value on both sides of the Atlantic for military commanders, policy-makers and historians alike."--General Sir David Richards, Chief of the General Staff, RUSI Journal
"[This] brilliant young scholar of the Vietnam War reminds us that it takes a special kind of soldier--reflective, patient, creative--to lead counterinsurgency operations."--Eliot A. Cohen, Washington Post
"An insightful revisionist look at counterinsurgency . . . essential reading for students of military history and anyone interested in what can be learned from the current fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan."--Library Journal
Author Biography
Mark Moyar is director of research at Orbis Operations and the author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 and Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam.
