03270nam 2200553Ia 450 991069624700332120080618114256.0(CKB)5470000002376352(OCoLC)181161604(EXLCZ)99547000000237635220071114d2007 ua 0engurbn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier"Making riflemen from mud"[electronic resource] restoring the Army's culture of irregular warfare /James D. Campbell[Carlisle Barracks, PA] :[Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College],[2007]v, 29 pages digital, PDF fileCarlisle papers in security strategyTitle from title screen (viewed on Nov. 9, 2007)."October 2007."Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-29).Prior to the Second World War, the Army had a deeply engrained facility with and acceptance of what we now term unconventional warfare - raising, training, advising and cooperating with tribal militias, local paramilitaries, and other non-state armed groups. This culture of irregular warfare stemmed from nearly 300 years of American military tradition, from the colonial period until 1941, and was based on extensive experience in cooperating with Native American tribes and individual scouts during the expansion of the western frontier. These traditions of unconventional war reached maturity in the years of fighting on the western plains after the Civil War, and were given ultimate expression in the creation of the Philippine Scouts at the beginning of the twentieth century. Since World War Two the wider military has lost this expertise and comfort with unconventional operations, with the Special Operations community taking on the sole proprietorship of this role. Given the variety of political environments in which today's conventional soldiers may find themselves, and the current nature of conflicts ongoing and likely to occur in the world, the Army as a whole can and must regain this formerly held culture of facility with irregular war."Making riflemen from mud" Scouts (Reconnaissance)Scouting (Reconnaissance)United StatesIndian scoutsUnited StatesCounterinsurgencyUnited StatesHistoryGuerrilla warfareUnited StatesHistorySpecial forces (Military science)United StatesHistoryAsymmetric warfareCivil-military relationsUnited StatesScouts (Reconnaissance)Scouting (Reconnaissance)Indian scoutsCounterinsurgencyHistory.Guerrilla warfareHistory.Special forces (Military science)History.Asymmetric warfare.Civil-military relationsCampbell J. D(James D.)1405368Army War College (U.S.).Strategic Studies Institute.GPOGPOBOOK9910696247003321"Making riflemen from mud"3481654UNINA