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1. Understanding Counterinsurgency

   Doctrine, operations, and challenges

   Edited by Thomas Rid, Thomas Keaney

   This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare. Featuring essays by some of the world’s leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how modern regular armed forces react, and should...

   Published April 15th 2010 by Routledge
2. War and Media Operations

   The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq

   By Thomas Rid

   This is the first academic analysis of the role of embedded media in the 2003 Iraq War, providing a concise history of US military public affairs management since Vietnam. In late summer 2002, the Pentagon considered giving the press an inside view of the upcoming invasion of Iraq. The decision was...

   Published March 2nd 2008 by Routledge