Fighting Insurgents--No Shortcuts to Success

Abstract

In a military with an overwhelmingly conventional war mindset with senior officers used to getting exact data verified by high tech scientific means, the very inexact intelligence provided by HUMINT almost is guaranteed to cause a high level of frustration for commanders and intelligence personnel alike. So, the temptation in counterinsurgency to modify the methods to gain useful information from those thought to possess it is understandable. Thus, it would be useful to remind ourselves of some lessons of history.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426327

Entities

People

  • James S. Corum

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Central Europe
  • Civilian Population
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Human Intelligence
  • Insurgency
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.