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  • The Coin Conundrum
    Thomas R. Mockaitis / Thomas RMockaitis
    Counterinsurgency (COIN) has once again becomethe subject of contentious debate within the U.S.Army. Its supporters insist that the new approach enshrinedin the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Field Manual(FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency, led coalition forces toturn the tide of the campaign in Iraq. Critics argue thatthe surge and the end of the Shia uprising, not COIN,led to the dramatic d...
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  • The COIN Conundrum
    Thomas R. Mockaitis
    The debate over counterinsurgency (COIN), seemingly dormant since the end of the Vietnam War, has been rekindled by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the 2006 publication of the U.S. Army/ Marine Corps Field Manual (FM) 3-24, 'Counterinsurgency', practitioners and scholars have argued over the efficacy of COIN. Supporters insist that the new approach outlined...
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    8,52 €

  • Civil-Military Cooperation In Peace Operations
    Strategic Studies Institute / Thomas R. Mockaitis / Thomas RMockaitis
    The U.S. missions to Bosnia and Kosovo and the current operation in Iraq make it clear that winning wars accomplishes little if we cannot also win the peace. The strategic goals for which the wars are fought can only be achieved if the follow-on mission leaves an occupied territory more stable and democratic than before. Civilmilitary cooperation (CIMIC) is the key to achieving...
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    16,85 €

  • The Iraq War
    Strategic Studies Institute / Thomas R. Mockaitis / Thomas RMockaitis
    The Iraq War has been the subject of heatedpolitical debate and intense academic scrutiny. Muchargument has focused on the decision to invade andthe size of the force tasked with the campaign. Whilethese factors have contributed to the challenge ofcounterinsurgency operations, so has the Americanapproach to unconventional war.Taking full account of the factors beyond the contro...
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    18,40 €

  • Soldiers Of Misfortune?
    Thomas R. Mockaitis / Thomas RMockaitis
    The long counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have made two facts abundantly clear about military contractors: 1) The U.S. Army has become dependent upon them; and, 2) They frequently create problems for, and sometimes actually interfere with, accomplishing the mission. In order to free up Soldiers for their core task of fighting and winning the nation’s wars, th...
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    19,22 €

  • Resolving Insurgencies (Enlarged Edition)
    Strategic Studies Institute / Thomas R. Mockaitis / U.S. Army War College
    Understanding how insurgencies may be brought to a successful conclusion is vital to military strategists and policymakers.This study examines how past insurgencies have ended and how current ones may be resolved. Four ways in which insurgencies have ended are identified. Clear-cut victories for either the government or the insurgents occurred during the era of decolonization, ...
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    23,41 €

  • Avoiding The Slippery Slope
    Strategic Studies Institute / Thomas R. Mockaitis / U.S. Army War College
    This Letort Paper covers U.S. military interventions in civil conflicts since the end of the Cold War. It defines intervention as the use of military force to achieve a specific objective (i.e., deliver humanitarian aid, support revolutionaries or insurgents, protect a threatened population, etc.) and focuses on the phase of the intervention in which kinetic operations occurred...
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    23,70 €

  • Peace Operations and Intrastate Conflict
    Thomas R. Mockaitis / Thomas RMockaitis
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    122,08 €