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Review of The New U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2008

Douglas A. Ollivant
Affiliation:
Douglass A. Ollivant received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a member of the National Security Council and is currently serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in theUnited States Army

Abstract

Douglas A. Ollivant on The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. By the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Forward by David H. Petraeus, James F. Amos, and John A. Nagl. Introduction by Sarah Sewall. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 472p. $15.00.

Type
Review Symposium
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2008

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