Counterinsurgency And The Global War On Terror

Author : Robert M. Cassidy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313070464

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Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror by Robert M. Cassidy Pdf

Since September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the global war on terrorism (GWOT). Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U.S. security documents such as the National Security Council's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and in statements by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the JCS. The description Long War—unlimited in time and space and continuing for decades—is closer to reality and more useful than GWOT. Colonel Robert Cassidy argues that this protracted struggle is more correctly viewed as a global insurgency and counterinsurgency. Al Qaeda and its affiliates, he maintains, comprise a novel and evolving form of networked insurgents who operate globally, harnessing the advantages of globalization and the information age. They employ terrorism as a tactic, subsuming terror within their overarching aim of undermining the Western-dominated system of states. Placing the war against al Qaeda and its allied groups and organizations in the context of a global insurgency has vital implications for doctrine, interagency coordination, and military cultural change-all reviewed in this important work. Cassidy combines the foremost maxims of the most prominent Western philosopher of war and the most renowned Eastern philosopher of war to arrive at a threefold theme: know the enemy, know yourself, and know what kind of war you are embarking upon. To help readers arrive at that understanding, he first offers a distilled analysis of al Qaeda and its associated networks, with a particular focus on ideology and culture. In subsequent chapters, he elucidates the challenges big powers face when they prosecute counterinsurgencies, using historical examples from Russian, American, British, and French counterinsurgent wars before 2001. The book concludes with recommendations for the integration and command and control of indigenous forces and other agencies.

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : IND:30000139803781

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism by Williamson Murray Pdf

Author : Robert M. Cassidy (Ph.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1132047662

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Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror by Robert M. Cassidy (Ph.D.) Pdf

Author : Aaron Karp,Regina Karp,Terry Terriff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134124152

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Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict by Aaron Karp,Regina Karp,Terry Terriff Pdf

This volume covers a timely debate in contemporary security studies: can armed forces adjust to the rising challenge of insurgency and terrorism, the greatest transformation in warfare since the birth of the international system? Containing essays by leading international security scholars and military professionals, it explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis and its implications for security planning in the twenty-first century. No longer confined to the fringes of armed conflict, guerrilla warfare and terrorism increasingly dominate world-wide military planning. For the first time since the Vietnam War ended, the problems of insurgency have leapt to the top of the international security agenda and virtually all countries are struggling to protect themselves against terrorist threats. Coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are bogged down by an insurgency, and are being forced to rely on old warfare tactics rather than modern technologies to destroy their adversaries. These theorists argue that irregular warfare—insurgencies and terrorism—has evolved over time and become progressively more sophisticated and difficult to defeat as it is not centred on high technology and state of the art weaponry. Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict will be of interest to students of international security, strategic studies and terrorism studies.

Author : James S. Corum
Publisher : Zenith Imprint
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0760328684

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Fighting the War on Terror by James S. Corum Pdf

A clear-headed, historically grounded strategy for fighting and defeating the greatest threat facing America today: “non-state” enemies such as insurgents and terrorists.

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 1584872470

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism by Williamson Murray Pdf

Author : David H. Huntoon
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 1584872470

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism by David H. Huntoon Pdf

Author : Williamson Murray,Strategic Studies Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1312310219

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism by Williamson Murray,Strategic Studies Institute Pdf

In March 2006, President George W. Bush signed a new National Security Strategy that he refers to as a "wartime national security strategy." He also states in the introduction that to follow the path the United States has chosen, we must "maintain and expand our national strength." One way to do this is to study and propose solutions to the complex challenges the United States faces in the 21st century. At the U.S. Army War College, the students have embraced this challenge and spend a year developing their intellectual strength in areas that extend well beyond the familiar operational and tactical realm to which they are accustomed. This collection of essays written by students enrolled in the U.S. Army War College Advanced Strategic Art Program (ASAP) reflects the development of their strategic thought applied to a wide range of contemporary issues.

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1297046528

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism - Scholar's Choice Edition by Williamson Murray Pdf

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Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : War College Series
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298046319

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism - War College Series by Williamson Murray Pdf

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

Author : Mark T. Berger,Douglas A. Borer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317990932

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The Long War - Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States by Mark T. Berger,Douglas A. Borer Pdf

The rise and fall of the Cold War coincided with the universalization and consolidation of the modern nation-state as the key unit of the wider international system. A key characteristic of the post-Cold War era, in which the US has emerged as the sole superpower, is the growing number of collapsing or collapsed states. A growing number of states are, or have become, mired in conflict or civil war, the antecedents of which are often to be found in the late-colonial and Cold War era. At the same time, US foreign policy (and the actions of other organizations such as the United Nations) may well be compounding state failure in the context of the post-9/11 Global War on Terror (GWOT) or what is also increasingly referred to as the ‘Long War’. The Long War is often represented as a ‘new’ era in warfare and geopolitics. This book acknowledges that the Long War is new in important respects, but it also emphasizes that the Long War bears many similarities to the Cold War. A key similarity is the way in which insurgency and counterinsurgency were and continue to be seen primarily in the context of inter-state rivalry in which the critical local or regional dynamics of revolution and counter-revolution are marginalized or neglected. In this context American policy-makers and their allies have again erroneously applied a ‘grand strategy’ that suits the imperatives of conventional military and geo-political thinking rather than engaging with what are a much more variegated array of problems facing the changing global order. This book provides a collection of well-integrated studies that shed light on the history and future of insurgency, counterinsurgency and collapsing states in the context of the Long War. This book was previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Author : Terry Tucker
Publisher : Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1604622563

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U.S. Counterinsurgency Methods & the Global War on Terror by Terry Tucker Pdf

Drawing on a long and distinguished career in the military and as a Department of Defense contractor in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, author Terry Tucker presents a look inside the Afghan Theatre in US Counterinsurgency Methods and The Global War on Terror, An Assessment: Tactical Success and Strategic Blunder. Was America's military ready to accept the challenge of asymmetrical warfare in September 2001? How does one conduct decisive operations in a counterinsurgency? What is the degree of separation between a counterinsurgency and stability operations? Five years into a conflict of global proportions, albeit in some cases subtle and unseen, the debate continues to rage over correct tactics, techniques, and procedures. The importance of land warfare is growing and will continue to grow as we face the future uncertainties of the Global War on Terror, and the future of warfare and urban warfare. Despite the American military's superiority in technology, training, and equipment, and despite the appearance of early brilliant success, US Armed Forces have been challenged in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Using historical illustrations coupled with contemporary events and his experience, Tucker provides readers with a concise understanding of the importance of this new-old warfare, and the applications and consequences that accompany the intricate blend of art and science that composes insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare.

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 146118584X

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Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism by Williamson Murray Pdf

In March 2006, President George W. Bush signed a new National Security Strategy that he refers to as a "wartime national security strategy." He also states in the introduction that to follow the path the United States has chosen, we must "maintain and expand our national strength." One way to do this is to study and propose solutions to the complex challenges the United States faces in the 21st century. At the U.S. Army War College, the students have embraced this challenge and spend a year developing their intellectual strength in areas that extend well beyond the familiar operational and tactical realm to which they are accustomed. This collection of essays written by students enrolled in the U.S. Army War College Advanced Strategic Art Program (ASAP) reflects the development of their strategic thought applied to a wide range of contemporary issues. The ASAP is a unique program that offers selected students a rigorous course of instruction in theater strategy. Solidly based in theory, doctrine, and history, the program provides these students a wide range of experts both in and out of the military, staff rides, and exercises to develop them as superb theater strategists. ASAP graduates continue to make their mark throughout the military to include in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the Combatant Commands.

Author : John D. Kelly,Beatrice Jauregui,Sean T. Mitchell,Jeremy Walton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226429953

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Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency by John D. Kelly,Beatrice Jauregui,Sean T. Mitchell,Jeremy Walton Pdf

Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U.S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting intense ethical and scholarly debate. Inspired by these issues, the essays in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and they articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations. This book investigates the shifting boundaries between military and civil state violence; perceptions and effects of American power around the globe; the history of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice; and debate over culture, knowledge, and conscience in counterinsurgency. These wide-ranging essays shed new light on the fraught world of Pax Americana and on the ethical and political dilemmas faced by anthropologists and military personnel alike when attempting to understand and intervene in our world.

Author : A. Tan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230103474

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U.S. Strategy Against Global Terrorism by A. Tan Pdf

This book examines the various strategies, including Global Counterinsurgency (GCOIN), which have been put forward as alternatives to the Global War On Terror (GWOT), concluding that while a consensus can be found on the key elements of a grand strategy, based on failures in the GWOT, it is far from clear if any GCOIN strategy could work.