02878nam 2200625Ia 450 991096661560332120200520144314.097815890172831589017285(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(Perlego)949336(EXLCZ)99256000000001120020081110d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe new counterinsurgency era transforming the U.S. military for modern wars /David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl1st ed.Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20091 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781589014886 158901488X 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 policyCounterinsurgencyIraq War, 2003-2011.Military planning355.02/180973Ucko David H1085151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966615603321The new counterinsurgency era4352677UNINA