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FM 3-24 COIN Manual Critique

... A Civilian's Comprehensive Critique of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual...In 5-6 Pages by Braden Civins Download the Full Article: FM 3-24 COIN Manual Critique The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 8:01pm - 73 comments

Beyond FM 3-24

... Beyond FM 3-24: Readings for the Counterinsurgency Commander by Joshua Thiel, Bryan Martin, ...

Journal Article - Dec 17 2010 - 8:57pm - 38 comments

COIN and FM 3-24

... Be Honest: Who Actually Read FM 3-24? by Starbuck at Wings over Iraq. BLUF: "At a US Army Combat Training ... only twenty percent admitted to reading FM 3-24. Perhaps the problem with counterinsurgency lies with us, not with the doctrine?" ...

Blog entry - Jul 13 2011 - 9:46am - 26 comments - 0 attachments

Survey on FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency

... SWJ Editors The Jedi Knights, aka the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies at Ft. ... the conversation on the need/utility of rethinking FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency. You can help them out by spending 10 minutes on ...

Blog entry - Dec 2 2010 - 3:07pm - 34 comments - 0 attachments

DoD’s Combat Exclusion Policies Limit Commanders and Strain Our Current Forces

... Have FST and CSTs teams pushed the limits of the female exclusion in combat policy?  Is it time to adjust ... question, though. Why bring this up now? 1. FM 3-24 is in the process of being revised. Unless we want to reinvent the ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

How Afghanistan Ends

... Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario ... Context, of the US Army Stability Operations Field Manual (FM 3-07)? (My copy, the University of Michigan Press Edition, 2009). ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written under the auspices of then-LTGs David ... of the U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Field Manual (FM 3-24) is currently #12 on Amazon.com’s list of best sellers in ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 5:10am - 42 comments

FM 3-24 and Legitimacy: A Failure of Concept

... The lack of guidance regarding how to identify which form of legitimacy a ... problem According to the FM 3-24 legitimacy is the “main objective” in a political ... been the leader within the communal group when a new leader was required. Hereditary succession would be a form of tradition. ...

Journal Article - Dec 25 2011 - 3:32am - 30 comments

It's the Tribes? That's Stupid.

... It's the Tribes? That's Stupid. - Lieutenant Colonel John Malevich, Canadian Army ... UW. The rules of this game are far different from FM 3-24. While my written thoughts may be off a bit, I worked in these areas, ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

A Populace-Centric Foreign Policy

... Guest post by Robert C. Jones: The Department of State focuses on governments.  The Department of Defense ... that idea now with a piece I am writing regarding FM 3-24. We've gotten ourselves into some tricky situations around the ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments