Counterinsurgency

by David Kilcullen

Overview

David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a dramatic success. In Counterinsurgency, Kilcullen brings together his most salient writings on this vitally important topic. Here is a picture of modern warfare by someone who has had his boots on the ground in some of today's worst trouble spots-including Iraq and Afghanistan-and who has been studying counterinsurgency since 1985. Filled with down-to-earth, common-sense insights, this book is the definitive account of counterinsurgency, indispensable for all those interested in making sense of our world in an age of terror.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199746255
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/19/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	942,892
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

David Kilcullen was formerly the Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq and later an advisor to General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan. He is currently an advisor to NATO. Kilcullen is also Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

Table of Contents

Author's Introduction Twenty-Eight Articles: Fundamentals of Counterinsurgency Warfare (Annotated and expanded reprint of the April 2006 “cult classic”) Multi-National Force Iraq Counterinsurgency Guidance (May 2007, the document that laid out the counterinsurgency techniques associated with the Surge in Iraq, with an annotated commentary) Afghanistan: Fundamentals of Best-Practice Counterinsurgency (a de-classified copy of a key memorandum written by Kilcullen to Secretary Rice in April 2008) Measuring Progress in Counterinsurgency (annotated copy of a memorandum written by Kilcullen to Secretary Rumsfeld in April 2005) Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book gives the reader much more than a better understanding of the situation in Iraq and Afganistan. It encapsulates numerous particularly relevant insights into the tactical, operational, and strategic challenges of counterinsurgency; plus it offers the most succinct overview of how to wage a global counterinsurgency anywhere." —Army History

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