The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
By Fred Kaplan.
Description
A finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeThe Insurgents tells the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by Gen. David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize the oldest, stodgiest institution in America—the military. Working from secret documents, private emails, and interviews with more than one hundred key characters, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Fred Kaplan details how these men and women forged a community (a “cabal,” some of them called it), manipulated the bureaucracy, and changed official policy.This is a story of power, politics, ideas, and per...
ISBN(s)
1451642652, 9781451642650
