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The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won

The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won

Eland, Ivan

Hardcover

Series: Praeger Security International

General Political ScienceOther Wars

ISBN10: 1440830096
ISBN13: 9781440830099
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jul 19 2013
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

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.

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