{"product_id":"wrong-turn-colonel-gian-gentile-9781595588746","title":"Wrong Turn: Americaa's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency","description":"\u003cb\u003eA searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historian--\"A remarkable book\" (\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled \"Misreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Army's Conventional Capabilities,\" that appeared in \u003ci\u003eWorld Politics Review\u003c\/i\u003e. While the years of US strategy in Afghanistan had been dominated by the doctrine of counterinsurgency (COIN), Gentile and a small group of dissident officers and defense analysts began to question the necessity and efficacy of COIN--essentially armed nation-building--in achieving the United States' limited core policy objective in Afghanistan: the destruction of Al Qaeda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing both on the author's experiences as a combat battalion commander in the Iraq War and his research into the application of counterinsurgency in a variety of historical contexts, \u003ci\u003eWrong Turn\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant summation of Gentile's views of the failures of COIN, as well as a trenchant reevaluation of US operations in Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gentile is convinced that Obama's 'surge' in Afghanistan can't work. . . . And, if Afghanistan doesn't turn around soon, the Democrats . . . who have come to embrace the Petraeus-Nagl view of modern warfare . . . may find themselves wondering whether it's time to go back to the drawing board.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colonel Gian Gentile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595588744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595588746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.57h x 5.74w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013","brand":"Colonel Gian Gentile","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132806820095,"sku":"9781595588746","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57ec2099-612e-4520-96fa-12b7aab88f70.jpg?v=1687482424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wrong-turn-colonel-gian-gentile-9781595588746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}