David Petraeus is a retired US Army General who commanded forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and served as CIA Director, known for developing and implementing counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine and the 2007 Iraq surge.
Developed modern US counterinsurgency doctrine; his implementation of the Iraq surge is credited with reducing violence significantly; his career ended with a scandal over classified information leaks.
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