Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counter-Insurgency

Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counter-Insurgency

A searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historianâ€”â€œA remarkable bookâ€ (National Review).
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In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled â€œMisreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Armyâ€™s Conventional Capabilities,â€ that appeared in World Politics Review. While the years of US strategy in Afghanistan had been dominated by the doctrine of counterinsurgency (COIN), Gentile and a small group of dissident officers and defense analysts began to question the necessity and efficacy of COINâ€”essentially armed nation-buildingâ€”in achieving the United Statesâ€™ limited core policy objective in Afghanistan: the destruction of Al Qaeda.
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Drawing both on the authorâ€™s experiences as a combat battalion commander in the Iraq War and his research into the application of counterinsurgency in a variety of historical contexts, Wrong Turn is a brilliant summation of Gentileâ€™s views of the failures of COIN, as well as a trenchant reevaluation of US operations in Afghanistan.
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â€œGentile is convinced that Obamaâ€™s â€˜surgeâ€™ in Afghanistan canâ€™t work.Â .Â .Â . And, if Afghanistan doesnâ€™t turn around soon, the DemocratsÂ .Â .Â . who have come to embrace the Petraeus-Nagl view of modern warfareÂ .Â .Â . may find themselves wondering whether itâ€™s time to go back to the drawing board.â€ â€”The New Republic
Country USA
Manufacturer The New Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-07-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	The New Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-07-19
Format	Kindle eBook

Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counter-Insurgency

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