Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror: Military Culture and Irregular War
Since September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the global war on terrorism (GWOT). Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U.S. security documents such as the National Security Council's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and in statements by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the JCS. The description Long War-unlimited in time and space and continuing for decades-is closer to reality and more useful than GWOT.Colonel Robert Cassidy argues that this protracted struggle is more correctly viewed as a global insurgency and counterinsurgency. Al Qaeda an…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8047-5966-3
- EAN: 9780804759663
- Produktnummer: 3399910
- Verlag: Stanford Security Studies
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 211 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.9 cm x D1.4 cm 327 g
- Gewicht: 327
Über den Autor
Robert M. Cassidy has served in leadership and staff positions in the 4th Infantry Division, the 8th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the Third Army, and the Seventh Army. He is a graduate of the French Joint Defense College and he has a Ph.D. in International Security Studies from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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