United States Counterinsurgency Campaigns: Philippine-American War 1899-1902 Vs Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-2005

Abstract

From the Indian wars that spanned three centuries to Afghanistan and Iraq theaters of operation in the Global War on Terror at the turn of the 21st century, the United States Military has engaged in counterinsurgency campaigns. The United States Military and political leadership at the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom suffered from institutional amnesia of the lessons learned from past counterinsurgency campaigns. They were either forgotten, cast aside as outdated, or ignored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2009
Accession Number
AD1117475

Entities

People

  • Brian Soper

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Iraqi-War
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Lessons Learned
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • Philippines
  • Political Parties
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.