Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy (Princeton Legacy Library)

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Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy (Princeton Legacy Library)

Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy

Written by D. Michael Shafer
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Michael Shafer argues that American policymakers have fundamentally misperceived the political context of revolutionary wars directed against American clients and that because American attempts at counterinsurgency were based on faulty premises, these efforts have failed in virtually every instance.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Language Eng
Publisher Princeton University Press
Published April, 1988
ISBN 2032654
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D. Michael Shafer is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, D. Michael Shafer can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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