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Military strategy as public discourse : America's war in Afghanistan / Tadd Sholtis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sholtis, Tadd, 1971-
- Series:
- Cass military studies
- Cass Military Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Political aspects.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Military art and science--Strategic aspects.
- Military art and science.
- Military policy.
- Decision making.
- United States--Military policy--Decision making.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: military strategy as public discourse
- 2. Prolonged indecision, not victory: fundamentals of strategic discourse
- 3. Boxed in: policy discussions of US strategy in Afghanistan, 2009
- 4. Counterinsurgency redux: doctrine as public discourse
- 5. Victims and villians: conflicting identities in Afghanistan's war stories
- 6. Tell me how this ends: achieving public discourse on military strategy
- 7. Conclusion: authority without compulsion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415704236
- 0415704235
- OCLC:
- 852218765
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