The role and limitations of technology in U.S. counterinsurgency warfare / Richard W. Rubright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubright, Richard W., 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency--United States.

Counterinsurgency.

Counterinsurgency--Technological innovations.

Tactics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the United States plays a leading role in the development of technology, particularly that used by militaries around the world, the U.S. military nonetheless continues to find itself struggling against lower-tech foes that conduct warfare on a different scale. Emerging technology is indeed available and is regularly employed in American counterinsurgency efforts; however, since it is also constantly in flux, strategies for its use must continually evolve to ensure that available resources are put to best use against disparate enemies. Counterinsurgency operations are inherently poli

Contents:

Strategy and context

The operationally offensive, tactically defensive concept

Counterinsurgency in Iraq

Limits of politically correct doctrine

Technology and counterinsurgency strategy

Contextual and other issues related to U.S. counterinsurgency warfare

Implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-676-6

OCLC:

899158567