The Dutch COIN approach: Three years in Uruzgan, 2006-2009

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 429-458

  Dimitriu, George ^a   de Graaf, Beatrice ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Army ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; COIN; ISAF Task Force Uruzgan; NATO; The Netherlands; Uruzgan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956253279     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2010.505471     Document Type: Article

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