{"product_id":"the-insurgents-9781451642650","title":"The Insurgents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars who—against fierce resistance from within their own ranks—changed the way the Pentagon does business and the American military fights wars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Insurgents\u003c\/i\u003e is the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by General David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize one of the largest, oldest, and most hidebound institutions—the United States military. Their aim was to build a new Army that could fight the new kind of war in the post-Cold War age: not massive wars on vast battlefields, but “small wars” in cities and villages, against insurgents and terrorists. These would be wars not only of fighting but of “nation building,” often not of necessity but of choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on secret documents, private emails, and interviews with more than one hundred key characters, including Petraeus, the tale unfolds agains","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530125189463,"sku":"9781451642650","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781451642650.jpg?v=1731878161","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-insurgents-9781451642650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}