Waging the inchoate war: Defining, fighting, and second-guessing the 'Long War'

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-420

  Douglas, Frank Scott ^a  

^a US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Center of Gravity; Strategic Narrative; Zarqawi

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; TERRORISM; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250007939     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390701343375     Document Type: Article

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