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'Defeat into Victory': Lessons for Rebuilding the Iraq Security Forces from Modern Arab Military Success Stories

by Michael Eisenstadt
Jan 21, 2015
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Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt

Michael Eisenstadt is the Kahn Senior Fellow and director of The Washington Institute's Military and Security Studies Program.

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