LEADER 03368nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910824960203321 005 20210429234230.0 010 $a9786612239458 010 $a1-282-23945-7 010 $a0-226-08094-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226080949 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773695 035 $a(EBL)448505 035 $a(OCoLC)434595765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136119 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136119 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084692 035 $a(PQKB)10856178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448505 035 $a(DE-B1597)523866 035 $a(OCoLC)436342605 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226080949 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10317929 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223945 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773695 100 $a20080911d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe defense of Jisr al-Doreaa$b[electronic resource] $ewith E.D. Swinton's the The defence of Duffer's Drift /$fMichael L. Burgoyne and Albert J. Marckwardt ; foreword by John A. Nagl 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-08092-7 311 $a0-226-08093-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-156). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tThe Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa --$tThe Defence of Duffer's Drift --$tAppendix: Web Site Information --$tBibliography 330 $aFollowing the invasion of Iraq in 2003 the U.S. military found itself in a battle with a lethal and adaptive insurgency, where the divisions between enemy and ally were ambiguous at best, and working with the local population was essential for day-to-day survival. From the lessons they learned during multiple tours of duty in Iraq, two American veterans have penned The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, an instructional parable of counterinsurgency that addresses the myriad of difficulties associated with war in the postmodern era. In this tactical primer based on the military 606 $aCounterinsurgency 606 $aGuerrilla warfare 606 $aTactics 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011 606 $aSouth African War, 1899-1902 610 $ainvasion, iraq, insurgency, strategy, battles, military, allies, tour of duty, survival, counterinsurgency, war, memoir, biography, autobiography, soldier, deployment, warfare, chance, coin environment, friction, clausewitz, cultural understanding, non-combatants, application force, security measures, nonfiction, middle east, terrorism, violence, afghanistan, leadership, commander, maneuvers. 615 0$aCounterinsurgency. 615 0$aGuerrilla warfare. 615 0$aTactics. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011. 615 0$aSouth African War, 1899-1902. 676 $a355.02/18 700 $aBurgoyne$b Michael L$01658297 701 $aMarckwardt$b Albert J$0245326 701 $aSwinton$b E. D$g(Ernest Dunlop),$f1868-1951.$01658298 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824960203321 996 $aThe defense of Jisr al-Doreaa$94012220 997 $aUNINA