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... up concerning the new FM 3-0 ( Operations ), FM 3-4 ( Counterinsurgency ) and Council member LTC Gian Gentile's view on both - ... matter, because for all intensive purposes, FM 3-24: Counterinsurgency has become the operations manual of the U.S. Army. Gentile is ...

Blog entry - Feb 28 2008 - 6:00am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

... In the last decade, we jumped from pre-emptive war to counterinsurgency, and we are now moving to Foreign Internal Defense ... and this technology-led Global Revolution will take only 30-odd years. No single generation has witnessed so much change in a single ...

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

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written ... relationship, but they are far from synonymous. [30]   Nor were the FARC ever more than one player in Colombia’s ...

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

... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David ... than the tidal swings of who sat in Kabul over the past 30+ years. IMO What makes COIN interestingly unique in Afghanistan is the ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... the effectiveness of the "mailed fist" approach to counterinsurgency. People like Luttwak, Peters, and Scheuer have proposed it ... there has not been a muttering out of Matabeleland for 30 years nor is there likely to be from the Tamils in Sri Lanka. I suggest ...

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

... COIN Toss: The Cult of Counterinsurgency - Michael Crowley, The New Republic . On the ... 1, shortly after Barack Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, retired Lt. Colonel John Nagl appeared ...

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

... and emotionally to the perplexing challenges of counterinsurgency and master new competencies as well as new contexts. Those ... comment... Where the hell have I been for the last 30 years? I actually thought that every President and Secretary of State since ...

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

... if you will -- under which one could fly or fight even 30 years ago, much less 40+ or 80, are quite different than those of today... ... he referred to what he was doing as population-centric counterinsurgency as described in FM 3-24. I explained that he may want to ...

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

... at his best, he is unexcelled at discussing how to wage a counterinsurgency campaign. And I think the Australian infantry officer turned ... at his best, he is unexcelled at discussing how to wage a counterinsurgency campaign. And I think the Australian infantry officer turned ...

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

... Comprehensive Critique of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual...In 5-6 Pages by Braden Civins ... Critique Except that the case evidence over the last 30 years supports 3-24 pretty strongly, and takes most of the wind of out ...

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