U.S. Army War College Professor Releases Study on Countering Contemporay Insurgencies
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- Subject: U.S. Army War College Professor Releases Study on Countering Contemporay Insurgencies
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:22:06 -0400
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June 06, 2007
U.S. Army War College Professor Releases Study on Countering Contemporay
Insurgencies
Rethinking Insurgency, by Dr. Steven Metz
<http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?q=22>,
U.S. Army War College, released June 05, 2007. Free Monograph - 76 Pages
[via Wired Blogs]
"The U.S. military and national security community lost interest in
insurgency after the end of the Cold War when other defense issues such
as multinational peacekeeping and transformation seemed more pressing.
With the onset of the Global War on Terror in 2001 and the ensuing
involvement of the U.S. military in counterinsurgency support in Iraq
and Afghanistan, insurgency experienced renewed concern in both the
defense and intelligence communities. The author argues that while
exceptionally important, this relearning process focused on Cold War era
nationalistic insurgencies rather than the complex conflicts which
characterized the post-Cold War security environment. To be successful
at counterinsurgency, he contends, the U.S. military and defense
community must rethink insurgency, which has profound implications for
American strategy and military doctrine."
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