02827nam 2200589Ia 450 991045841150332120200520144314.01-58901-728-5(CKB)2560000000011200(EBL)537045(OCoLC)635960899(SSID)ssj0000423968(PQKBManifestationID)11281055(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423968(PQKBWorkID)10469287(PQKB)11249464(MiAaPQ)EBC537045(MdBmJHUP)muse3286(Au-PeEL)EBL537045(CaPaEBR)ebr10389851(EXLCZ)99256000000001120020081110d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe new counterinsurgency era[electronic resource] transforming the U.S. military for modern wars /David Ucko ; foreword by John A. NaglWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20091 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58901-488-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index.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; IndexConfronting 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 supportinCounterinsurgencyUnited StatesIraq War, 2003-2011Military planningUnited StatesUnited StatesMilitary policyElectronic books.CounterinsurgencyIraq War, 2003-2011.Military planning355.02/180973Ucko David H933489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458411503321The new counterinsurgency era2101431UNINA