- Anglický jazyk
The Coin Conundrum
Autor: Thomas R. Mockaitis
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...
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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...
- Vydavateľstvo: Lulu.com
- Rok vydania: 2018
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781387581054