Counterinsurgency
Tags: COUNTERINSURGENCY; MILITARY art & science; INSURGENCY; GUERRILLA warfare; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; AFGHAN War, 2001-; IRAQ War, 2003-2011
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- The Ethics of Counterinsurgency. Pavlischek, Keith // New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society;Winter2009, Vol. 23, p13
The article examines whether an ethical difference exists between counterinsurgency warfare and conventional warfare. It relates the role of moral reasons in the hesitation among U.S. people to support the nation's involvement in irregular warfare such as the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. It...
- �Phase IV� Operations in the War on Terror: Comparing Iraq and Afghanistan Celso, Anthony N. // Orbis;Mar2010, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p185
This article identifies the obstacles and prospects of implementing President Obama''s surge strategy in Afghanistan by examining four issues: (1) the origins and implementation of the Iraq surge policy; (2) U.S. counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan; (3) a comparative examination of...
- RETHINKING IED STRATEGIES: From Iraq to Afghanistan. Moulton, John // Military Review;Jul/Aug2009, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p26
The article discusses the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Iraq War and the Afghan War. Topics of discussion include the use of IEDs by insurgent groups, eliminating IEDs as a major cause of casualties amongst coalition forces, and countering IED attacks with an overarching...
- HUMAN TERRAIN MAPPING. Marr, Jack; Cushing, John; Garner, Brandon; Thompson, Richard // Infantry;Jan/Feb2008, Vol. 97 Issue 1, p11
This article explains that according to counterinsurgency doctrine, the struggle for a population's support is the core of the COIN fight. In order to truly get to know the population, you must really understand it. One could argue that the U.S. military was not attuned to this at the outset of...
- CEHC Support to COIN Operations. D'Aria, Dorian // Engineer;Jan-Mar2007, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p16
The article focuses on the role of the Counter Explosives Hazards Center (CEHC) in fighting asymmetrical warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Iraq, as part of the U.S. government's "Operation Enduring Freedom" and "Operation Iraqi Freedom". A table listing CEHC's contingency-based...
- Tactical Leader Lessons Learned in Afghanistan: OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM VIII. Ostlund, William B. // Military Review;Jul/Aug2009, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p2
The article discusses the experiences of the U.S. Army during Operation Enduring Freedom. Specifically, the author describes the lessons learned by the 503d Infantry Regiment of the Second Battalion (Airborne) during its 11 months of pre-deployment training and 15 months of operations in...
- Assessing Iraq's Sunni Arab Insurgency. Eisenstadt, Michael; White, Jeffrey // Military Review;May/Jun2006, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p33
Discusses the nature and origins of Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq. Complexity in the factors that influenced the origin and development of insurgency in Iraq; Explanation that there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein planned the insurgency as he anticipated the quick defeat of his forces by U.S....
- The Motive for Terrorism That Officials Dare Not Acknowledge. Porter, Gareth // Foreign Policy in Focus;9/13/2011, p3
The article explores how the U.S. campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan is gaining support for jihadist movement. Citing intelligence reports, security experts state that the threat coming from self-radicalized cells will expand in the region and abroad. Surveys conducted in South Asia revealed that...
- Aligning Means and Ends. Pfaff, Charles A. // Military Review;Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 91 Issue 5, p78
The author, a colonel in the U.S. Army, argues that U.S. military objectives in Afghanistan and Iraq during the War on Terror have not aligned with military strategy in those theaters. He argues that strategies of attrition or annihilation undermine efforts to win compliance from enemies. The...
