Military strategy as public discourse : America's war in Afghanistan /

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Author / Creator:Sholtis, Tadd, 1971-
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
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ISBN:9780415704236
0415704235
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.