Compare and Contrast of Counterinsurgency Between Operation Desert Storm and Vietnam

Abstract

"An insurgency is organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict". (Department of the Army, 2004, p.1) This alternative to the constituted government being overthrown is called a counter state, and these organized movements in simpler terms are basically uprisings. Uprisings against indigenous regimes are called rebellions and uprisings against an external occupying power have is called a resistance movement. Once these movements become armed, then it is an insurgency. And naturally, all these are always political in nature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1139796

Entities

People

  • Corey J. Sr Watson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Power
  • Air Strikes
  • Aircrafts
  • Communists
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Governments
  • Information Warfare
  • Insurgency
  • New Zealand
  • North Vietnam
  • Radar Stations
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Stations
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam War
  • War

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design