Both Sides of the COIN: Theory Versus Practice

Christopher Sims

Both Sides of the COIN: Theory Versus Practice

Christopher Sims

Defence Studies

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Abandoning counterinsurgency doctrine after Afghanistan would doom the U.S. military to irrelevance and impotence, write Christopher Sims and Fernando Luján. Not so, says Bing West; like it or not, the United States will be much less ambitious in future wars.

Original language	English
Article number	N/A
Pages (from-to)	178-180
Number of pages	3
Journal	FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Volume	91
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

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Counterinsurgency

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Both Sides of the COIN: Theory Versus Practice

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