Small Wars Journal

Counterinsurgency as a Strategy

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 7:08pm
An Evaluation of Counterinsurgency as a Strategy for Fighting the Long War by Lieutenant Colonel Baucum Fulk, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute Letort Papers, 21 March 2011.

Counterterrorism, support to insurgency, and antiterrorism are each both efficient and sustainable from a military and economic perspective, and each have inherent political concerns, hazards, or constraints. The author maintains that an overall strategy combining counterterrorism and antiterrorism is the best means of employing military forces to counter violent extremism.

An Evaluation of Counterinsurgency as a Strategy for Fighting the Long War