Dancing with the Dushman : command imperatives for the counter-insurgency fight in Afghanistan / by Ian Hope.: D2-221/1-1-2008E-PDF

" ... Insightful window on command and leadership in combat. This book is a very personal account of Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hope's unit command of Task Force Orion in the volatile Kandahar Province of Afghanistan from February to August 2006 ... commanding combat troups in hostile and unforgiving terrain against relentless and ruthless Taliban insurgents."--Back cover.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Wing, 17, issuing body.
Canadian Defence Academy, issuing body.
Title Dancing with the Dushman : command imperatives for the counter-insurgency fight in Afghanistan / by Ian Hope.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Produced for the Canadian Defence Academy Press by 17 Wing Winnipeg Publishing Office"--Title page verso.
Issued also in French under title: Danser avec le Dushman : les impératifs du commandement dans la lutte contre l'insurrection en Afghanistan.
Introduction -- Situation : ground -- Situation : enemy -- Situation : friendly forces -- Missions -- Concept of operations -- Conclusion : the command imperatives.
Issued by: Canadian Defence Academy.
Publishing information Kingston, Ontario : Canadian Defence Academy Press, [2008]
©2008
Author / Contributor Hope, Ian, author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 162 pages) : illustratins, maps (some colour)
Catalogue number
  • D2-221/1-1-2008E-PDF
Subject terms Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, Canadian.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.
Command of troops.
Canada -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan.
Afghanistan.
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