LEADER 03270nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910696247003321 005 20080618114256.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002376352 035 $a(OCoLC)181161604 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002376352 100 $a20071114d2007 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a"Making riflemen from mud"$b[electronic resource] $erestoring the Army's culture of irregular warfare /$fJames D. Campbell 210 1$a[Carlisle Barracks, PA] :$c[Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College],$d[2007] 215 $av, 29 pages $cdigital, PDF file 225 1 $aCarlisle papers in security strategy 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on Nov. 9, 2007). 300 $a"October 2007." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 23-29). 330 $aPrior 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. 517 $a"Making riflemen from mud" 606 $aScouts (Reconnaissance) 606 $aScouting (Reconnaissance)$zUnited States 606 $aIndian scouts$zUnited States 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGuerrilla warfare$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSpecial forces (Military science)$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAsymmetric warfare 606 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States 615 0$aScouts (Reconnaissance) 615 0$aScouting (Reconnaissance) 615 0$aIndian scouts 615 0$aCounterinsurgency$xHistory. 615 0$aGuerrilla warfare$xHistory. 615 0$aSpecial forces (Military science)$xHistory. 615 0$aAsymmetric warfare. 615 0$aCivil-military relations 700 $aCampbell$b J. D$g(James D.)$01405368 712 02$aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute. 801 0$bGPO 801 1$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910696247003321 996 $a"Making riflemen from mud"$93481654 997 $aUNINA