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... Here is one simple lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency doesn't work. That is Counterinsurgency that aims to win the ... American COIN perspective). Thinking way faster than I can type...and yes, I realize I am a slow typer. Just doing spell check is ...

Blog entry - Apr 9 2011 - 5:48pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... maybe I am not on their distro list. Might you know how I can get onto it? Take care. gian Re: Win Wars? I'm not going to ... virtually insured. That also is historically factual. Counterinsurgency is not the graduate level of war. Middle School perhaps with ...

Blog entry - Aug 12 2010 - 7:14pm - 62 comments - 0 attachments

... In the last decade, we jumped from pre-emptive war to counterinsurgency, and we are now moving to Foreign Internal Defense ... the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Before we can hope to distill any lessons learned from this past bloody decade of war and ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... Can Development Win a Counterinsurgency? By Maura O'Connor, Slate. BLUF: "When people hear about ...

Blog entry - Jun 2 2011 - 5:23pm - 31 comments - 0 attachments

... The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency - Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. There are ... analysis. Only those who have been involved on the ground can constructively critique what has led to its success or failure. Captain ...

Blog entry - Jul 25 2010 - 3:27am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... must be achieved; 2) emphasis on bottom-up measures that can produce momentum in the short term, and 3) a political diplomatic strategy ... in which the central government is the centrepiece of our counterinsurgency plan is destined to fail. It disenfranchises the very fabric ...

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

... alike. We are taking a look at a new (old) approach that can offer up significant support not only to the tribes but also to the Gov't ... MAJ Gant has proposed an operational concept for waging a counterinsurgency at the qawm level, which GIRoA and ISAF currently cannot or ...

Blog entry - Jan 17 2010 - 4:59am - 46 comments - 0 attachments

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written ... to be left alone, and no popular support beyond that which can be purchased with money or intimidation.  They are classic criminal ...

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

... Counterinsurgency as a Whole of Government Approach: Notes on the British Army ... as a Whole of Government Approach Can you point out the purpose of the military and of the use of military force ... Therefore the insurgent should be more likely to win the longer the war lasts. I tested this on the 1000 fathers report ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2011 - 5:54am - 79 comments

... the effectiveness of the "mailed fist" approach to counterinsurgency. People like Luttwak, Peters, and Scheuer have proposed it ... to a forever war.) - yes, there is a mindset that we can't defeat insurgents by skillfully employing violence to break their will to ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments