02987nam 2200613 a 450 991022015880332120200520144314.01-282-03316-697866120331620-8330-4535-0(CKB)1000000000718911(EBL)423189(OCoLC)437109596(SSID)ssj0000140531(PQKBManifestationID)11139495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140531(PQKBWorkID)10052692(PQKB)10741124(MiAaPQ)EBC423189(oapen)doab114741(EXLCZ)99100000000071891120080422d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDoctrine of eternal recurrence the U.S. military and counterinsurgency doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006 /Austin LongSanta Monica, CA Rand National Defense Research Institute20081 online resource (47 p.)Rand counterinsurgency study. Paper ;6Occasional paper ;OP-200-OSD"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."0-8330-4470-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-34).Cover; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence-The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine; Doctrine and Counterinsurgency: Defining the Terms; Small Wars Before COIN: U.S. Experiences Prior to 1960; The Kennedy Years: The Birth of COIN Doctrine; Limits of Doctrine: Vietnam, 1961 to 1963; Attempts to Put Doctrine into Practice: The PROVN Study, 1965 to 1966; COIN as Practiced: Vietnam, 1965 to 1968; Doctrine in the Late 1960s; COIN as Practiced: Vietnam, 1969 to 1972; Interlude: COIN and the Military, 1973 to 2003COIN Doctrine, 2003 to 2005COIN Operations, 2003 to 2005; Doctrine and Operations in 2006; Getting It Right? COIN in Iraq, 2007; Komer's Lament: COIN Doctrine vs. COIN Practice; Conclusion; ReferencesThis paper tests and ultimately disproves the assumption that doctrine as written and operations as conducted are tightly linked. Ingrained organizational concepts and beliefs have a much greater influence on operations than written doctrine.Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ;OP-200-OSD.Rand counterinsurgency study.Paper ;6.CounterinsurgencyUnited StatesMilitary doctrineUnited StatesCounterinsurgencyMilitary doctrine355.02/18097309046Long Austin G986688United States.Dept. of Defense.Office of the Secretary of Defense.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220158803321Doctrine of eternal recurrence2876270UNINA