{"product_id":"the-essence-of-desperation-bryan-riddle-9781498551489","title":"The Essence of Desperation: Counterinsurgency Doctrine as the Solution to War-Fighting Failures","description":"\u003cp\u003eCounterinsurgency is a doctrine premised on winning the population of a nation-state over to the government's side. Counterinsurgency is also associated with a continuing presence of military forces for long periods and significant aid expenditures. As such, it is a curious strategy to employ in the midst of wars seen as failing and when the population has turned against the conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book examines counterinsurgency's emergence in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan in order to understand how it is employed in the midst of these perceived war fighting failures. In doing so, it thinks of strategy as narrative that describes how actions will result in better future effects. In so doing, this book traces the ways in which the strategy making process overcomes fragmentation to produce consensus. It concludes that through the examination of how actors, analogies, and narratives are produced and deployed into strategy debates, the reasons for counterinsurgency's emergence in crisis periods can be determined. This approach enables a better understanding of the dynamics of policy-making and how geostrategic change occurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Riddle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1498551483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498551489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Bryan Riddle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587772133631,"sku":"9781498551489","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essence-of-desperation-bryan-riddle-9781498551489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}