Military strategy as public discourse : America's war in Afghanistan /
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Author / Creator: | Sholtis, Tadd, 1971- |
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Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge 2014. |
Description: | xiv, 212 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cass military studies Cass military studies. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9863074 |
Table of 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.