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The Failure of Counterinsurgency : Why Hearts and Minds are Seldom Won, Hardback Book

The Failure of Counterinsurgency : Why Hearts and Minds are Seldom Won Hardback

Part of the Praeger Security International series

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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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