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The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot To Change the American Way of War
By Kaplan, Fred
- ISBN
- 9781451642636
- Publisher
- S. & S
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2012 | E-Originals
The insurgents referred to in the title are the veterans of West Point's social sciences ("Sosh") department, with David Petraeus, who taught there in the 1980s, as the examplar. They favored the approach of the department's post-World War II founder, George Arthur Lincoln, educating officers with intellectual rigor and enabling them to respond to emerging conditions on the ground. The resul...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
