Rethinking counterinsurgency /
Mackinlay, John
Rethinking counterinsurgency / [electronic resource] John Mackinlay, Alison Al-Baddawy - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2008 - 1 PDF-file (xiii, 65 p.) - Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 5 .
Title from pdf t.p. (viewed May 21, 2008).
This document suggests that the West has been surprised by the characteristics of global insurgency. The West's collective military experience and existing doctrine did not anticipate a campaign so energized by spiritual, global, and virtual dimensions; they were not prepared for the multifaceted characteristics of the international response that the adversary has compelled. This document argues that in a longer campaign beyond Iraq, U.S.--led coalitions will have to become part of a mosaic of activities that are globally spread, politically driven, more internationally constituted, and manoeuvrist in concept. It describes the foreign policy problems associated with moving from counterterrorism into a genuine counterinsurgent strategy and summarizes the existing practical experience of coalitions.
9780833044754 0833044753
counterinsurgency
Rethinking counterinsurgency / [electronic resource] John Mackinlay, Alison Al-Baddawy - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2008 - 1 PDF-file (xiii, 65 p.) - Rand counterinsurgency study ; v. 5 .
Title from pdf t.p. (viewed May 21, 2008).
This document suggests that the West has been surprised by the characteristics of global insurgency. The West's collective military experience and existing doctrine did not anticipate a campaign so energized by spiritual, global, and virtual dimensions; they were not prepared for the multifaceted characteristics of the international response that the adversary has compelled. This document argues that in a longer campaign beyond Iraq, U.S.--led coalitions will have to become part of a mosaic of activities that are globally spread, politically driven, more internationally constituted, and manoeuvrist in concept. It describes the foreign policy problems associated with moving from counterterrorism into a genuine counterinsurgent strategy and summarizes the existing practical experience of coalitions.
9780833044754 0833044753
counterinsurgency