Counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

Counterinsurgency, in theory and practice, has been a popular topic in the defense community for the past several years. Historians like Mark Moyar and Andrew Krepinevich, Jr. have spent their careers writing about counterinsurgency operations during the Vietnam War, and advocating and promoting specific interpretations based on the lessons learned during that conflict to the Global War on Terror. The recent revival of counterinsurgency strategy and tactics has raised a number of significant questions. For example, under what circumstances should counterinsurgency operations be conducted? Should counter-guerilla operations have a permanent place in the training of the United States military? Are counterinsurgency operations ethical? This paper will seek to define counterinsurgency, and to analyze the application of counterinsurgency to the modern battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1026484

Entities

People

  • Brian C. Darling

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–Camden

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.