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‘Getting COIN’ at the Tactical Level in Afghanistan: Reassessing Counter-Insurgency Adaptation in the British Army

Pages 513-539 | Received 12 Dec 2011, Accepted 21 Jan 2012, Published online: 27 Apr 2012

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