| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 486 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The American military experience series
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American military experience series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Pat Proctor has written an important, long overdue, critique of the Army's preparation and outlook in the all-volunteer era. As a soldier-scholar, his book contributes an original argument on a national security issue that continues to vex in the twenty-first century: Has the Army lost its ability to win strategically by focusing on fighting conventional battles against peer enemies, or can it adapt to deal with the greater complexity of counterinsurgent and information age warfare? In this blunt critique of the senior leadership of the U.S. Army, Colonel Proctor reveals that after the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. Army stubbornly refused to reshape itself in response to this new strategic reality, leaving it largely unprepared when the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began. This is the first study to connect the failures of these wars to America's disastrous performance in the war on terror. Moreover, this book is not just an esoteric history; the U.S. Army is marching headlong toward repeating the same mistakes. This book serves as an "intervention," an attempt to convince Army leaders to change what Colonel Proctor contends is a disastrous course"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Phoenix or Icarus? -- Somalia, Haiti, and Force XXI -- Bosnia and the Army after Next -- Kosovo, the War on Terror, and the Interim Force -- "The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgement ..." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Organization -- Evaluation.
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United States. Army. |
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Organization. |
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Evaluation. |
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United States. Army -- Operational readiness -- Evaluation.
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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States.
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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) |
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United States. |
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Intervention (International law) -- Case studies.
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Intervention (International law) |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- Case studies.
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Military doctrine -- United States.
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Military doctrine. |
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Strategy.
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Strategy. |
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United States -- History, Military -- Case studies.
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History, Military. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Military history.
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Case studies.
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| Added Title |
United States Army's role in creating the forever wars in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Proctor, Pat, 1971- Lessons not learned. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2020 9780826221940 (DLC) 2019034808 |
| ISBN |
0826274374 (electronic book) |
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9780826274373 (electronic book) |
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9780826221940 (hardcover) |
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0826221947 |
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