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Smith, M.L.R. (Michael Lawrence Rowan), 1963–
The political impossibility of modern counterinsurgency : strategic problems, puzzles, and paradoxes / M. L. R. Smith and David Martin Jones.
pages cm. — (Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-17000-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-53912-8 (e-book)
1. Counterinsurgency—History—21st century. 2. Terrorism—History—21st century.
I. Jones, David Martin, 1950– II. Title.
U241.S64 2015
355.02'18—dc23
2014025193
A Columbia University Press E-book.
COVER DESIGN: Fifth Letter
COVER ART: The Noun Project, Creative Commons
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