Let the Word Go Forth -- The Doctrine of Counterinsurgency and Its Impact on Some Aspects of the United States Army

Abstract

The study examines those internal conflicts, essentially political, resulting from the doctrine of Counterinsurgency as it has impacted and will probably continue to impact the United States Army, its counterinsurgency concepts, organization, its psychology and its personnel policy. Data were gathered from a literature search, selected interviews and supplemented by the author's experience as U. S. Army Correspondent in Southeast Asia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 28, 1971
Accession Number
AD0765651

Entities

People

  • William F. Ward

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • American Revolution
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Science
  • New England
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Psychological Operations
  • Societies
  • Southeast Asia
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design