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... on the formation of the new U.S. Army Counterinsurgency (COIN) Academy in Afghanistan. We were particularly interested in the Academy's ... friends. We e-mailed the COIN Academy requesting their reading list. They responded with titles of books and movies that once in hand ...

Blog entry - Dec 26 2007 - 8:44am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

... policies are nearly impossible to apply, particularly in COIN environments that lack a well-defined forward area, such as Afghanistan. ... requirements. Finally, we are very interested in reading your proposal to help us with our assessment objectives. Please send to ...

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

... element that just needs to "get over it" and support our COIN/CT agenda. We risk triggering a nuclear war with our meddling, and need ... daily mail or moin ansari and spend a jolly afternoon reading all about it). Afghan taliban may have simpler ambitions, but they ...

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

... COIN Toss: The Cult of Counterinsurgency - Michael Crowley, The New ... Force Assistance brigade. I'm still not sure, after reading some of it.;) Still believe the heavy BCT needs a less threatening and ... including Russia, China, India, etc., -- and a growing list of others -- as nations, great powers and peoples who are dependent on ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... Kilcullen (I): Here's What Not to Measure in a COIN Campaign - Tom Ricks at FP's Best Defense. When David ... YEARS AFTER THE WAR STARTED. I'm probably wrong, but reading the tea leaves puts us here. When I hear that commanders in the ...

Blog entry - Feb 8 2010 - 1:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments

... that in mind, recent articles contradicting Pop-Centric COIN would indicate that AtN is perhaps the best course of action to take. ... The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD Still doing some reading(I have found the actual trainig syllabus from WW2) but I can tell you ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

... United States Marine Corps Forces, Central Command Reading List Commander's Intent: The Global War on Terrorism ... – MG Peter Chiarelli, Military Review, October 2006 (COIN Reader) Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An ...

Blog entry - Jun 5 2007 - 3:32pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

... applying what is today the mainstream approach to COIN--the limited force model--only in cultures and contexts where it has a ... centric." For a more nuanced opinion, I am currently reading the Orbis Operations report on Sangin... PS- It was an enjoyable ...

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

... The claims about COIN were obviously false when made, disproved by both history and logic. ... I think that's a dichotomy... I very much enjoyed reading I very much enjoyed reading this piece. In a community where ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... is it? LCol JJ Malevich, Canadian Exchange Officer, COIN Branch Chief, US Army/ USMC Counter Insurgency Center. This statement is ... dying here for a long time. History is our knowledge and reading military COIN manuals is a one sided approach, studying the history of ...

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