The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
The inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars who changed the way the Pentagon does business and the American military fights wars, against fierce resistance from within their own ranks.
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 9781451642650
- Genre
- Topics
- Military strategy and reformCounterinsurgency warfarePentagon politics
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2014)
Other awarded books from Fred Kaplan
- Thomas Carlyle (2013)0 wins · 8 score
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