The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture

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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Johnson, Jeannie L., author. | Mattis, James N., 1950– writer of foreword.
Title: The marines, counterinsurgency, and strategic culture : lessons learned and
lost in America’s wars / Jeannie L. Johnson ; foreword by Gen. Jim Mattis,
US Marines (ret.).
Description: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017046605| ISBN 9781626165557 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9781626165564 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781626165571 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Counterinsurgency. | Strategic culture. | United States. Marine
Corps. | Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) | United States—History, Military—20th
century. | United States—History, Military—21st century.
Classification: LCC U241 .J635 2018 | DDC 359.9/6480973—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017046605
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