counterinsurgency
Title: Westmoreland’s War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam
Author: Gregory Daddis
Book Description:
General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of “attrition” in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland’s strategy placed a premium on high “body counts” through a “big unit war” that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of […]
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Title: Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War
Author: Douglas Porch
Book Description:
Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs – monetary, political and moral – of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today’s counterinsurgency proponents point to ‘small wars’ past to […]
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