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Understanding counterinsurgency

by Thomas Rid, Thomas A. Keaney · 2010

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Focusing principally on counter-insurgency, this book examines how modern, regular armed forces react, and should react, to irregular warfare.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 280 pages

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