Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) / Bruce R. Pirnie, Edward O'Connell.
This monograph outlines strategic considerations relative to counterinsurgency campaigns; presents an overview of the current conflict in Iraq, focusing on counterinsurgency; analyzes counterinsurgency operations in Iraq; presents conclusions about counterinsurgency, based on the U.S. experience in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rand,
2008.
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| Series: | Rand counterinsurgency study. Paper ;
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| Summary: | This monograph outlines strategic considerations relative to counterinsurgency campaigns; presents an overview of the current conflict in Iraq, focusing on counterinsurgency; analyzes counterinsurgency operations in Iraq; presents conclusions about counterinsurgency, based on the U.S. experience in Iraq; describes implications from that experience for future counterinsurgency operations; and offers recommendations to improve the ability of the U.S. government to conduct counterinsurgency in the future. For example, U.S. counterinsurgency experience in Iraq has revealed the need to achieve synergy and balance among several simultaneous civilian and military efforts and the need to continually address and reassess the right indicators to determine whether current strategies are adequate. The need to continually reassess counterinsurgency strategy and tactics implies that military and civilian leaders must have not only the will, but also a formal mechanism, to fearlessly and thoroughly call to the attention of senior decisionmakers any shortfalls in policies and practices, e.g., in Iraq, failure to protect the civilian population, as well as overreliance on technological approaches to counterinsurgency. The Iraq experience is particularly germane to drawing lessons about counterinsurgency. In essence, the conflict there is a local political power struggle overlaid with sectarian violence and fueled by fanatical foreign jihadists and criminal opportunists -- a combination of factors likely to be replicated in insurgencies elsewhere. |
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| Item Description: | "RAND National Defense Research Institute." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 106 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106) |
| ISBN: | 9780833045843 0833045849 1281736643 9781281736642 9786611736644 6611736646 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |