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The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars

The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars

Ucko, David H.
Ucko, David H.
Nagl, John A.

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political ScienceMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 158901488X
ISBN13: 9781589014886
Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr
Published: Jul 2 2009
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to re-learn counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned anything from past failures?

In The New Counterinsurgency Era, David Ucko examines DoD's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality. Ucko also suggests how the military can better prepare for the unique challenges of modern warfare, where it is charged with everything from providing security to supporting reconstruction to establishing basic governance-all while stabilizing conquered territory and engaging with local populations. After briefly surveying the history of American counterinsurgency operations, Ucko focuses on measures the military has taken since 2001 to relearn old lessons about counterinsurgency, to improve its ability to conduct stability operations, to change the institutional bias against counterinsurgency, and to account for successes gained from the learning process.

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