TY - BOOK ID - 77877703 TI - The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa AU - Burgoyne, Michael L AU - Marckwardt, Albert J AU - Swinton, E D PY - 2009 SN - 9786612239458 1282239457 0226080943 9780226080949 9780226080925 0226080927 9780226080932 0226080935 PB - Chicago University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Counterinsurgency. KW - Guerrilla warfare. KW - Tactics. KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011. KW - South African War, 1899-1902. KW - Anglo-American Invasion of Iraq, 2003-2011 KW - Dawn, Operation New, 2010-2011 KW - Gulf War II, 2003-2011 KW - Iraqi Freedom, Operation, 2003-2010 KW - New Dawn, Operation, 2010-2011 KW - Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-2010 KW - Operation New Dawn, 2010-2011 KW - Operation Telic, 2003-2011 KW - Persian Gulf War, 2003-2011 KW - Telic, Operation, 2003-2011 KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - Military tactics KW - Military art and science KW - Unconventional warfare KW - Insurgency KW - War KW - Irregular warfare KW - Counterguerrilla warfare KW - Guerrilla warfare KW - Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 KW - Boer War, 1899-1902 KW - Transvaal War, 1899-1902 KW - invasion, iraq, insurgency, strategy, battles, military, allies, tour of duty, survival, counterinsurgency, war, memoir, biography, autobiography, soldier, deployment, warfare, chance, coin environment, friction, clausewitz, cultural understanding, non-combatants, application force, security measures, nonfiction, middle east, terrorism, violence, afghanistan, leadership, commander, maneuvers. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77877703 AB - Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 the U.S. military found itself in a battle with a lethal and adaptive insurgency, where the divisions between enemy and ally were ambiguous at best, and working with the local population was essential for day-to-day survival. From the lessons they learned during multiple tours of duty in Iraq, two American veterans have penned The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, an instructional parable of counterinsurgency that addresses the myriad of difficulties associated with war in the postmodern era. In this tactical primer based on the military ER -