Introduction1. Crossbows to Carbines 2.Combatants and Continuities 3.Contexts, Doctrines, and Discontinuities4. Counterinsurgency in Vietnam:Competing Discourses 5.Choosing the Wrong Trails6. Threatened Hamlets and Bad Advice 7. Operational Innovation, Institutional Failure
Christopher Ives holds a PhD in history from the Ohio State University, and is a veteran of the US Special Forces, with over 20 years' service. He now works as a security analyst.