This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of the British experiences of irregular war in the post-war era, from Ma

Controversial new history of counterinsurgency which challenges its claims as an effective strategy of waging war.

"Conflict of Myths is an in-depth devastating critique of how the U.S. government and its military services approached and misconceived the problems of guerilla

The first book of its kind, Hearts and Minds is a scathing response to the grand narrative of U.S. counterinsurgency, in which warfare is defined not by militar

Armies are invariably accused of preparing to fight the last war. Nagl examines how armies learn during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unp