Insurgency and counterinsurgency in the 21st century [electronic resource] : reconceptualizing threat and response / Steven Metz, Raymond Millen.
Modern insurgency warfare presents fresh challenges for the United States, which must re-conceptualize its approach to fighting such conflicts. Because the dominant characteristics of insurgency--protractedness and ambiguity--effectively stymie the American military's approach to war, the United States needs to reorient its strategic thinking. The key to success is not for the U.S. military to become better at counterinsurgency, but for the U.S. military (and other elements of the government) to be skilled at helping local security and intelligence forces become effective at it. Adapting tactics and strategies to the realities on the ground is not only pragmatic, but also crucial to success.
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Record details
- ISBN: 1584871792
- ISBN: 9781584871798
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 43 pages)
- Publisher: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2004]
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- General Note:
- "November 2004."Title from title screen (viewed on August 25, 2005).
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-43).
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- System Details Note:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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