Bandwagonistas: Rhetorical re-description, strategic choice and the politics of counter-insurgency

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-384

  Michaels, Jeffrey H ^a   Ford, Matthew ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Coin lobby; Counterinsurgency; Fm 3 24; Population centric; Rhetorical re description; Surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959544371     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2011.573417     Document Type: Review

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