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Author :Nicholas J. Schlosser Publisher :www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK ISBN 13 :9781780393933 Total Pages :212 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (939 download)
Book Synopsis Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond by : Nicholas J. Schlosser
Download or read book Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond written by Nicholas J. Schlosser and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency by : U. S. Marine Corps
Download or read book Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency written by U. S. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this is the full color edition.Marine Corps Operating Concepts for a Changing Security Environment describes Marine Corps forces that will be organized, based, trained and equipped for forward presence, security cooperation, counterterrorism, crisis response, forcible entry, prolonged operations and counterinsurgency. The Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: an Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations, and Countering Irregular Threat-A Comprehensive Approach, elaborate on counterinsurgency operations at higher echelons of command. However, counterinsurgency is warfare characterized by small unit action. This handbook provides a guide for the small unit leader.Purpose: 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. Understanding Insurgency: Insurgencies date to the earliest forms of government and will continue to exist as long as the governed harbor grievances against authority that they believe cannot be resolved by peaceful means. What is an insurgency? The Department of Defense (DOD) defines insurgency as "an organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict." Simply put, an insurgency is a struggle between a non-ruling group and their ruling authority. Insurgents use political resources, to include the increased use of the media and international opinion, as well as violence to destroy the political legitimacy of the ruling authority and build their own political legitimacy and power.1 Examples of this type of warfare range from the American Revolution to the present situation in Iraq. The conflict itself can range from acts of terrorism to the more conventional use of the media to sway public opinion. Whatever form the insurgency takes, it serves an ideology or political goal. What are the root causes of an insurgency? For an insurgency to flourish, a majority of the population must either support or remain indifferent to insurgent ideals and practices. There must be a powerful reason that drives a portion of the populace to armed opposition against the existing government. Grievances may have a number of causes, such the lack of economic opportunity, restrictions on basic liberties, government corruption, ethnic or religious tensions, or the presence of an occupying force. It is through this line of thought or ideal that insurgents attempt to mobilize the population. Understanding Counterinsurgency: What is counterinsurgency?-DOD defines counterinsurgency as "those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. Also called "COIN." The United States uses a wide breadth of national capabilities to defeat insurgencies through a variety of means. The Department of State (DOS), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) use country teams to generate strategic objectives and assist the host nation government. The military may support those efforts by employing conventional forces, in combination with Special Operations Forces (SOF), in a variety of activities aimed at enhancing security and/or alleviating causes of unrest.
Book Synopsis A Question of Command by : Mark Moyar
Download or read book A Question of Command written by Mark Moyar and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Counterinsurgency Challenge by : Christopher D. Kolenda
Download or read book The Counterinsurgency Challenge written by Christopher D. Kolenda and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey through the mind of a commander as he learns and adapts in a complex, deadly environment.
Book Synopsis Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency by : U. S. Marine Corps
Download or read book Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency written by U. S. Marine Corps and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Small-unit Leader's Guide to Counterinsurgency by : United States. Marine Corps
Download or read book Small-unit Leader's Guide to Counterinsurgency written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond - David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, COIN, Commands, Officer Development, Generalship, Winning in Afghanistan by : Department of Defense
Download or read book Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond - David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, COIN, Commands, Officer Development, Generalship, Winning in Afghanistan written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the surge in Iraq in 2007, counterinsurgency (COIN) has been at the forefront of military and foreign affairs debates. Although COIN is not a new idea, the ongoing campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought renewed attention to its theory and practice as top leaders in both the government and the military have considered the most effective strategy for these conflicts. A symposium cosponsored by Marine Corps University and the Marine Corps University Foundation explored the complexities of COIN leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond. From that symposium came these papers, which discuss topics such as brigade and regimental command, officer development in the military, and general officer leadership. Featuring leading COIN theorists and practitioners from the military, academic, and private sectors, this volume sheds new light on past and present COIN operations and points the way toward those in the future. This collection includes material written by David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell. Foreword * Major General Robert B. Neller, USMC * Introduction: Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond * Nicholas J. Schlosser * Part I: Counterinsurgency Leadership * Chapter 1 - Counterinsurgency Leadership: The Key to Afghanistan and Iraq * Mark Moyar * Chapter 2 - Supreme Command in Irregular Warfare * Eliot A. Cohen * Part II: Brigade and Regimental Command * Chapter 3 - The Art of Brigade Command in Counterinsurgency * H. R. McMaster * Chapter 4 - Brigade Command in Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons from the Iraq War * Peter R. Mansoor * Chapter 5 - Regimental Command in Counterinsurgency * W. Blake Crowe * Part III: Battalion Command * Chapter 6 - The Art of Battalion Command in Counterinsurgency: A Discussion * Francis J. "Bing" West * David J. Furness * William M. Jurney * Julian Dale Alford * Part IV: Officer Development in the U.S. Military * Chapter 7 - Officer Development for Counterinsurgency * Nathaniel C. Fick * Chapter 8 - The "Major" Challenge of Junior Officer Leadership Development and Talent Management * Paula D. Broadwell * Chapter 9 - Generalship and Counterinsurgency * Thomas E. Ricks * Part V: Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan * Chapter 10 - Winning in Afghanistan * David W. Barno and John K. Wood * Chapter 11 - Advising Afghan Military Forces * Jeffery M. Haynes * Part VI: The 2009 Afghan Presidential Election * Chapter 12 - The Afghan Election and the Future of Afghanistan's Leadership: A Discussion * Robert D. Kaplan * Clare Lockhart * Amin Tarzi * Jeffrey Gedmin * Part VII: General Officer Leadership in Counterinsurgency * Chapter 13 - A Conversation with General David H. Petraeus
Book Synopsis Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond by : Nicholas J. Schlosser
Download or read book Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond written by Nicholas J. Schlosser and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown once again the difference that excellent leadership can make in irregular warfare. Thrust unexpectedly into counterinsurgency situations in 2002 and 2003, American commanders had to operate under difficult and constantly changing conditions. Some adapted quickly; others adjusted over a longer period of time with the help of experience and education. Selecting the right commanders became more important than ever to unit effectiveness. We have come a long way in recent years, but opportunities for further improvement in leadership development and command selection remain. The need for leadership goes beyond today's conflicts and lies at the heart of the current debates over the future of our national security organizations and strategy.
Book Synopsis Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency by : Victoria Nolan
Download or read book Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency written by Victoria Nolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Going to War with the Allies You Have: Allies, Counterinsurgency, and the War on Terrorism by :
Download or read book Going to War with the Allies You Have: Allies, Counterinsurgency, and the War on Terrorism written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potential U.S. allies in counterinsurgencies linked to al-Qaida frequently suffer from four types of problems: illegitimate and repressive regimes; civilian-military tension manifested by fears of a coup; economic backwardness; and discriminatory societies. Because of these problems, allies often stray far from the counterinsurgency (COIN) ideal, both militarily and politically. Their security service culture often is characterized by poor intelligence; a lack of initiative; little integration of forces across units; soldiers who do not want to fight; bad leadership; and problems with training, learning, and creativity. In addition, the structural weaknesses have a direct political effect that can aid an insurgency by hindering the development and implementation of a national strategy, fostering poor relations with outside powers that might otherwise assist the COIN effort, encouraging widespread corruption, alienating the security forces from the overall population, and offering the insurgents opportunities to penetrate the security forces. Washington must recognize that its allies, including these security forces, are often the source of the problem as well as the solution. The author argues that the ally's structural problems and distinct interests have daunting implications for successful U.S. counterinsurgency efforts. The nature of regimes and of societies feeds an insurgency, but the United States is often hostage to its narrow goals with regard to counterinsurgency and thus becomes complicit in the host-nation's self-defeating behavior. Unfortunately, U.S. influence often is limited as the allies recognize that America's vital interests with regard to fighting al-Qaida-linked groups are likely to outweigh any temporary anger at an ally's brutality or failure to institute reforms. Training, military-to-military contacts, education programs, and other efforts to shape their COIN capabilities are beneficial, but the effects are likely to be limited at best.
Book Synopsis Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency by : U.S. Marine Corps
Download or read book Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency written by U.S. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Developing Adaptive Leaders by : Leonard Wong
Download or read book Developing Adaptive Leaders written by Leonard Wong and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines the Operation IRAQI FREEDOM environment and concludes that the complexity, unpredictability, and ambiguity of postwar Iraq is producing a cohort of innovative, confident, and adaptable junior officers. They are learning to make decisions in chaotic conditions and to be mentally agile in executing counterinsurgency and nation-building operations simultaneously. As a result, the Army will soon have a cohort of company grade officers who are accustomed to operating independently, taking the initiative, and adapting to changes. The author warns that the Army must now acknowledge and encourage this newly developed adaptability in our junior officers or risk stifling the innovation critically needed in the Army's future leaders.
Book Synopsis Hunting Leadership Targets in Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Operations by : Graham H Turbiville
Download or read book Hunting Leadership Targets in Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Operations written by Graham H Turbiville and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph reviews selected foreign experience in targeting insurgent and terrorist leadership. The intent is to provide a limited illustration of many efforts in various countries to locate and neutralize key combatant leaders or support cadres whose capture or death was judged contributive to eliminating a guerrilla or terrorist threat. As a dimension accompanying other counterinsurgency (COIN) measures or more developed COIN and counterterrorist strategies, the emphasis placed on leadership targeting has ranged from central to peripheral.
Book Synopsis The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare by : Joseph R. Cerami
Download or read book The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare written by Joseph R. Cerami and published by Strategic Studies Institute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades since the formation of the defense establishment under the 1947 National Security Act, all U.S. cabinet departments, national security agencies, and military services involved in providing for the common defense have struggled to overcome differences in policy and strategy formulation, organizational cultures, and even basic terminology. Post-September 11, 2001, international systems, security environments, U.S. military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the greater Global War on Terrorism have confronted civilian policymakers and senior military officers with a complex, fluid battlefield which demands kinetic and counterinsurgency capabilities. This monograph addresses the security, stability, transition, and reconstruction missions that place the most pressure on interagency communication and coordination. The results from Kabul to Baghdad reveal that the interagency process is in need of reform and that a more robust effort to integrate and align civilian and military elements is a prerequisite for success.
Book Synopsis The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare by : Joseph R. Cerami
Download or read book The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare written by Joseph R. Cerami and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars. Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections. We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Book Synopsis Leadership Decapitation by : Jenna Jordan
Download or read book Leadership Decapitation written by Jenna Jordan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Warrior Handbook by : Department of the Army
Download or read book U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Warrior Handbook written by Department of the Army and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the global War on Terror, among the greatest threats to the United States military are insurgent uprisings. Enter the U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Warrior Handbook, the counterinsurgency playbook used by the greatest army in the world. This manual establishes fundamental principles for tactical counterinsurgency operations at the company, battalion, and brigade level. It is based on lessons learned from historic counterinsurgencies and current operations. The realities of today’s operational environment—an environment modified by a population explosion, urbanization, globalization, technology, the spread of religious fundamentalism, resource demand, climate change and natural disasters, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Both a boots-on-the-ground field guide to defeating an insurgency in a nation where the U.S. military has oversight and a high-level leadership guide for commanders organizing counterinsurgency efforts, this book—which includes battle diagrams and illustrations—is not only a must-read for military buffs, but also a valuable resource for business and gaming strategists.
