Anglický jazyk

The Coin Conundrum

Vydavateľstvo: Lulu.com
Rok vydania: 2018
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781387581054

Counterinsurgency (COIN) has once again become

the subject of contentious debate within the U.S.

Army. Its supporters insist that the new approach enshrined

in the... Viac o knihe

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Counterinsurgency (COIN) has once again become

the subject of contentious debate within the U.S.

Army. Its supporters insist that the new approach enshrined

in the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Field Manual

(FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency, led coalition forces to

turn the tide of the campaign in Iraq. Critics argue that

the surge and the end of the Shia uprising, not COIN,

led to the dramatic decline in violence from 2006-2009.

The failure of the new approach in Afghanistan, they

claim, supports their argument that expeditionary

COIN does not work. How this debate gets resolved

could have significant implications for U.S. Army

force structure in a time of shrinking defense budgets.

The author, Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis, considers

what role, if any, COIN should play in the Army of

the future. He examines the U.S. military's historical

experience with intrastate conflict as background for

understanding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He

then reviews the current debate over COIN...