Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond

Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond
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Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 1780393938
ISBN-13 : 9781780393933
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond by : Nicholas J. Schlosser

The Marine Corps University symposium, "Counterinsurgency Leadership in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond" held on September 23, 2009 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC explored ways to improve counterinsurgency leadership, with particular attention to the leaders of American, Afghan, and Iraqi forces. The Symposium was sponsored by Marine Corps University and the Marine Corps University Foundation.

A Question of Command

A Question of Command
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780300156010
ISBN-13 : 0300156014
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis A Question of Command by : Mark Moyar

Moyar presents a wide-ranging history of counterinsurgency which draws on the historical record and interviews with hundreds of counterinsurgency veterans. He identifies the ten critical attributes of counterinsurgency leadership and reveals why these attributes have been more prevalent in some organizations than others.

The Counterinsurgency Challenge

The Counterinsurgency Challenge
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Publisher : Stackpole Books
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9780811748629
ISBN-13 : 0811748626
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Counterinsurgency Challenge by : Christopher D. Kolenda

A journey through the mind of a commander as he learns and adapts in a complex, deadly environment.

Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency

Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency
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Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 1780390297
ISBN-13 : 9781780390291
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency by : U. S. Marine Corps

From the introduction: "This handbook provides the tactics, techniques, and procedures that may be applied by small unit leaders engaged in counterinsurgency. It is principally focused at the company and below. It describes the nature of insurgency and counterinsurgency, common insurgent approaches, preparation for counterinsurgency, mobilizing the populace, information and intelligence operations, and operations in a counterinsurgency environment. The handbook is not prescriptive but meant to inform. The specific aspects of each conflict combined with small unit leader judgment and initiative will drive how to apply the ideas within the handbook." Chapter 1: Overview; Chapter 2: Common Insurgent Approaches; Chapter 3: Preparation for Counterinsurgency; Chapter 4: Mobilizing the Populace; Chapter 5: Information and Intelligence Operations; Chapter 6: Operations in a COIN Environment; Annex A: Patrol Search; Annex B: Basic Observation Skills; Annex C: The Twenty-Eight Articles - Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency; Annex D: Improvised Explosive Devices. Originally published in 2006. 136 pages. ill.

Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency

Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9780857720870
ISBN-13 : 0857720872
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency by : Victoria Nolan

Offering a unique and original perspective on Britain's 'Small Wars' leadership culture - this title is an essential reading for serving soldiers and scholars of military studies. It is based on original archival research. It offers fascinating survey of counterinsurgency operations - with relevance for today's military and security. Between 1948 and 1960, the British army conducted three important counterinsurgency operations in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. During that time, military leaders inspired the evolution of a distinct organisational culture, known as 'small wars culture', which affected learning, discipline and attitudes towards leadership and fellow soldiers. Using a synthesis of organisational theory and archival research, this book explores how military leaders embedded and transmitted this particular military organisational culture within the British army and provides an analysis of leaders' characteristics, their support networks and past experiences. This book will be of interest to counterinsurgency specialists, the British Army and military historians and sociologists, as well as to serving military forces.

Leadership Decapitation

Leadership Decapitation
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781503610675
ISBN-13 : 1503610675
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Leadership Decapitation by : Jenna Jordan

One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targeting—involving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISIS—to identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan demonstrates, group infrastructure, ideology, and popular support all play a role in determining how and why leadership decapitation succeeds or fails. Taking heed of these conditions is essential to an effective counterterrorism policy going forward.

U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare

U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Total Pages : 134
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ISBN-10 : 0160927838
ISBN-13 : 9780160927836
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare by : Nicholas J. Schlosser

U.S. Marines in Irregular Warfare: Training and Education is a brief history that recounts how the U.S. Marine Corps adapted to fight the Global War on Terrorism during 2000-10. The Marine Corps has a long history of fighting irregular wars, including the Banana Wars in Central America during the 1920s and the Vietnam War during the 1960s. To battle the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Corps drew upon this experience while also implementing new plans and programs to better prepare Marines to carry out counterinsurgency operations. The Marine Corps updated the curriculum at the Command and Staff College and transformed the annual Combined Arms Exercise into Exercise Mojave Viper: an immersive training program that simulated the urban environments in which Marines would be operating in Southwest Asia. Most importantly, Marines adjusted in the field, as battalion and company commanders drew on their basic training and education to devise innovative tactics to better combat the new threats they now faced. ?us, as this story shows, the Marine Corps did not undergo a radical transformation to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, but instead drew on principles that had defined it as a warfighting organization throughout most of its history. Keywords: United States Marine Corps; United States Marines; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Marines; Marines; Marine Corps; Global War on Terrorism; global war on terrorism; irregular warfare; military strategy; counterinsurgency; combat; iraq war; Iraq War; Afghanistan; military education; soldier training; combat training and tactics; Southwest Asia

Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780313077036
ISBN-13 : 0313077037
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by : John Nagl

Armies are invariably accused of preparing to fight the last war. Nagl examines how armies learn during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared in organization, training, and mindset. He compares the development of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice in the Malayan Emergency from 1948-1960 with that developed in the Vietnam Conflict from 1950-1975, through use of archival sources and interviews with participants in both conflicts. In examining these two events, he argues that organizational culture is the key variable in determining the success or failure of attempts to adapt to changing circumstances. Differences in organizational culture is the primary reason why the British Army learned to conduct counterinsurgency in Malaya while the American Army failed to learn in Vietnam. The American Army resisted any true attempt to learn how to fight an insurgency during the course of the Vietnam Conflict, preferring to treat the war as a conventional conflict in the tradition of the Korean War or World War II. The British Army, because of its traditional role as a colonial police force and the organizational characteristics that its history and the national culture created, was better able to quickly learn and apply the lessons of counterinsurgency during the course of the Malayan Emergency. This is the first study to apply organizational learning theory to cases in which armies were engaged in actual combat.

The U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

The U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
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Publisher : Silver Rock Publishing
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 1626544565
ISBN-13 : 9781626544567
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual by : David H. Petraeus

This field manual establishes doctrine for military operations in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment. It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and contemporary operations. It is also based on existing interim doctrine and doctrine recently developed. Counterinsurgency operations generally have been neglected in broader American military doctrine and national security policies since the end of the Vietnam War over 40 years ago. This manual is designed to reverse that trend. It is also designed to merge traditional approaches to COIN with the realities of a new international arena shaped by technological advances, globalization, and the spread of extremist ideologies--some of them claiming the authority of a religious faith. This is a comprehensive manual that details every aspect of a successful COIN operation from intelligence to leadership to diplomacy. It also includes several useful appendices that provide important supplementary material.

Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Total Pages : 131
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ISBN-10 : 9781428916890
ISBN-13 : 142891689X
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Modern Warfare by : Roger Trinquier