The new counterinsurgency era : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ucko, David H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency--United States.

Counterinsurgency.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Military planning--United States.

Military planning.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to ""re-learn"" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned anything from past failures? In The New Counterinsurgency Era, David Ucko examines DoD's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality. Ucko also suggests how the military can better prepare for the unique challenges of modern warfare, where it is charged with everything from providing security to supportin

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Reorientation; 2 A Troubled History; 3 Revisiting Counterinsurgency; 4 Innovation under Fire; 5 Counterinsurgency and the QDR; 6 FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon; 7 The Ambivalence of the "Surge"; 8 Innovation or Inertia; Conclusion: Kicking the Counterinsurgency Syndrome?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index.

ISBN:

9781589017283

1589017285

OCLC:

635960899