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Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy
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Full Title:
Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy
Contributors:
By (Author) D. Michael Shafer
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
327.73
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
348
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
Michael Shafer argues that American policymakers have fundamentally misperceived the political context of revolutionary wars directed against American clients and that because American attempts at counterinsurgency were based on faulty premises, these efforts have failed in virtually every instance. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Leg
Reviews
"... a consistently persuasive account of the fallacies behind American foreign policy."--The Virginia Quarterly Review
