{"product_id":"knife-fights-a-memoir-of-modern-war-in-theory-and-practice-paperback","title":"Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn A. Nagl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most important Army officers of his generation, a memoir of the military's revolution in counterinsurgency warfare\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Delivering a profound education in modern warfare, John Nagl's \u003ci\u003eKnife Fights\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of America's soldiers and the purposes for which their lives are put at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an army tank commander in the first Gulf War, Nagl was an early convert to the view that America's greatest future threats would come from asymmetric warfare--guerrillas, terrorists, and insurgents. His Oxford thesis on the lessons of Vietnam--eventually published as a book called \u003ci\u003eLearning to Eat Soup with a Knife\u003c\/i\u003e--became the bible of the counterinsurgency movement. But it would take 9\/11 and the botched aftermath of the Iraq invasion to give his ideas contemporary relevance. After a year's hard fighting in Iraq's Anbar Province, where Nagl served as operations officer of a tank battalion in the 1st Infantry Division, he was asked by General David Petraeus to coauthor the new Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency field manual--rewriting core doctrine that would change the course of two wars and the thinking of an army. \u003ci\u003eKnife Fights \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive account of counterinsurgency and its consequences by the man who was the doctrine's leading architect.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn A. Nagl \u003c\/b\u003eis a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Army. A graduate of West Point and a Rhodes Scholar, he received his PhD from St. Antony's College, Oxford. He is the former president of the Center for a New American Security and the ninth headmaster of the Haverford School in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47893483782397,"sku":"9780143127765","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/dpOd8nMbNJ9780143127765.webp?v=1785028249","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/knife-fights-a-memoir-of-modern-war-in-theory-and-practice-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}