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The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
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Description for The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
Paperback. Presents an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, importance of decentralized decision making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. This manual emphasizes the paradoxical and counterintuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than about counterinsurgency. This volume was written to fill that void. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, the importance of decentralized decision making, the need to understand ... Read more
When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than about counterinsurgency. This volume was written to fill that void. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, the importance of decentralized decision making, the need to understand ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226841519
SKU
V9780226841519
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Reviews for The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
"This is the definitive guide as to how the U.S. military plans to address what is likely to be the dominant form of warfare over the next decade." - Andrew Krepinevich, author of The Army and Vietnam "Surely a manual that's on the bedside table of the president, vice president, secretary of defense, 21 of 25 members of the Senate ... Read more