Adapting Officer Education to Support Counterinsurgency Warfare

Abstract

Counterinsurgency is the emerging theory of war in the 21st Century. Given the new nature of war, the Army must adapt its officer entry level education system. In order to achieve the mental agility required of our junior leaders, we need to restructure entry level schooling to fight and win in this unconventional environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518059

Entities

People

  • Paul S. Hossenlopp

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Combat Areas
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Education
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Insurgency
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.