[Article] Dead end Adjust Share Counterinsurgency warfare as military malpractice By Edward Luttwak, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 21st century Commando operations Counterinsurgency David H. Petraeus Handbooks, manuals, etc Iraq Iraq War, 2003- James N. Mattis Military intelligence Military policy Special operations (Military science) United States United StatesArmy More from Edward Luttwak Variations on a mirage 9. The Military From the Forum “Undoing Bush” It has always been the case that failed wars damage armies and sometimes break them. So it is with Iraq, unless remedies intervene soon enough.… Adjust Share < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > February 2007 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close Close