Counterinsurgency American style: Considering David Petraeus and twenty-first century irregular war

James A. Russell

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2014, vol. 25, issue 1, 69-90

Abstract: This article examines the complex legacy of David Petraeus who was a key figure in the emergence of the US military shift towards counterinsurgency doctrine in the years after 2006. Although Petraeus has been perceived by critics as a publicity seeker, he can be credited with laying the foundations for a more serious commitment to COIN involving in particular in integrating conventional and Special Forces in arenas like village stability operations. The article looks a Petraeus's role in both Iraq and Afghanistan: it concludes that, in the case of Afghanistan, it is too early to assess whether counterinsurgency has had a decisive impact of the outcome of the war against the Taliban.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2014.893956

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