Counterinsurgency: Strategy and the Phoenix of American Capability

Abstract

The author argues that insurgency is mutating in response to changes in the global security environment, thus making much of U.S. strategy and doctrine obsolete. Even though counterinsurgency is not currently a high priority in U.S. national security policy, the military must keep abreast of such changes and preserve some expertise so that American capability could be reconstituted should policymakers again opt for active counterinsurgency support. He states that if the military ignores global developments in insurgency and counterinsurgency, the reconstitution of capabilities would be more difficult.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1995
Accession Number
ADA286802

Entities

People

  • Steven Metz

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Southeast Asia
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies