Title The new counterinsurgency era : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / David H. Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
Contents	Framing the reorientation -- A troubled history -- Revisiting counterinsurgency -- Innovation under fire -- Counterinsurgency and the QDR -- FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon -- The ambivalence of the "Surge" -- Innovation or intertia -- Conclusion: kicking the counterinsurgency syndrome?
Summary	Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to "re-learn" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned anything from past failures? In The New Counterinsurgency Era, David Ucko examines DoD's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality. Ucko also suggests how the military can better prepare for the unique challenges of modern warfare, where it is charged with everything from providing security to s.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
	Counterinsurgency -- United States.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011.
	Military planning -- United States.
	United States -- Military policy.
	HISTORY -- Revolutionary.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
	Counterinsurgency. (OCoLC)fst00881325
	Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
	Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
	Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Aufständischer. (DE-588)4232148-7
	Bekämpfung. (DE-588)4112701-8
	Strategie. (DE-588)4057952-9
	Militärpolitik. (DE-588)4065004-2
	Irakkrieg. (DE-588)4731075-3
	Aufständischer.
	Bekämpfung.
	Strategie.
	Militärpolitik.
	Irakkrieg.
	United States.
Chronological Term	2003-2011
Other Form:	Print version: Ucko, David H. New counterinsurgency era. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009 9781589014886 (DLC) 2008048353 (OCoLC)275150961
ISBN	9781589017283 (electronic bk.)
	1589017285 (electronic bk.)

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