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U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

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ISBN-10: 0226841510

ISBN-13: 9780226841519

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: United States United States Army, United States Marine Corps, John A. Nagl, James F. Amos, Sarah Sewall

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When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than they did about counterinsurgency. "The U.S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual "was written to fill that void. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, the importance of decentralized decision-making, the need to…    
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

John A. Nagl is a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Army. A graduate of West Point and a Rhodes Scholar, he received his Ph.D. from St. Antony's College, Oxford, where he wrote his thesis on counterinsurgency in Malaya and Vietnam. Nagl served as the military assistant to deputy secretaries of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Gordon England, where he coauthored the U.S. Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency field manual with generals David Petraeus and James M. Mattis. He is the former president of the Center for a New American Security and the ninth headmaster of the Haverford School in Pennsylvania.

List of Tables, Figures, and Vignettes
Foreword to the University of Chicago Press edition
Introduction to the University of Chicago Press edition
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Overview
Aspects of Insurgency
Aspects of Counterinsurgency
Summary
Unity of Effort: Integrating Civilian and Military Activities
Integration
Key Counterinsurgency Participants and Their Likely Roles
Key Responsibilities in Counterinsurgency
Civilian and Military Integration Mechanisms
Tactical-Level Interagency Considerations
Summary
Intelligence in Counterinsurgency
Intelligence Characteristics in Counterinsurgency
Predeployment Planning and Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
Define the Operational Environment
Describe the Effects of the Operational Environment
Determine Threat Courses of Action
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations
The Intelligence-Operations Dynamic
Human Intelligence and Operational Reporting
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Considerations
Considerations for Other Intelligence Disciplines
Counterintelligence and Counterreconnaissance
All-Source Intelligence
Current Operations
Comprehensive Insurgency Analysis
Reachback
Analytic Continuity
Intelligence Collaboration
Intelligence Cells and Working Groups
Host-Nation Integration
Summary
Designing Counterinsurgency Campaigns and Operations
The Importance of Campaign Design
The Relationship Between Design and Planning
The Nature of Design
Considerations for Design
Design for Counterinsurgency
Summary
Executing Counterinsurgency Operations
The Nature of Counterinsurgency Operations
Logical Lines of Operations in Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgency Approaches
Assessment of Counterinsurgency Operations
Targeting
Learning and Adapting
Summary
Developing Host-Nation Security Forces
Overview
Challenges, Resources, and End State
Framework for Development
Police in Counterinsurgency
Summary
Leadership and Ethics for Counterinsurgency
Leadership in Counterinsurgency
Large- and Small-Unit Leadership Tenets
Ethics
Warfighting Versus Policing
Proportionality and Discrimination
Detention and Interrogation
The Learning Imperative
Summary
Sustainment
Logistic Considerations in Counterinsurgency
Logistic Support to Logical Lines of Operations
Contracted Logistic Support
Summary
A Guide for Action
Plan
Prepare
Execute
Ending the Tour
Three "What Ifs"
Summary
Social Network Analysis and Other Analytical Tools
Describe the Effects of the Operational Environment
Evaluate the Threat
Linguist Support
Linguist Support Categories
Selecting Interpreters
Employing Linguists
Establishing Rapport
Orienting Interpreters
Preparing for Presentations
Conducting Presentations
Speaking Techniques
Legal Considerations
Authority to Assist a Foreign Government
Authorization to Use Military Force
Rules of Engagement
The Law of War
Internal Armed Conflict
Detention and Interrogation
Enforcing Discipline of U.S. Forces
Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction
Training and Equipping Foreign Forces
Claims and Solatia
Establishing the Rule of Law
Airpower in Counterinsurgency
Overview
Airpower in the Strike Role
Airpower in Intelligence Collection
Air and Space Information Operations
High-Technology Assets
Low-Technology Assets
Airlift
The Airpower Command Structure
Building Host-Nation Airpower Capability
Source Notes
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Military References
Index