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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819929403321

Autore

Ucko David H

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-58901-728-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

355.02/180973

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency - United States

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Military planning - United States

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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