{"product_id":"knife-fights-john-a-nagl-9780143127765","title":"Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Nagl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143127764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143127765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"John A. Nagl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45264979624191,"sku":"9780143127765","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f687770c-9234-4fa7-9d31-fc5be72b0219.jpg?v=1713419807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knife-fights-john-a-nagl-9780143127765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}