Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true.

Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processed important lessons from the past. Based on the author's wartime experiences, a broad range of topics are covered--from factors to be considered in accepting a counterinsurgency partner to "rules" for advisors in the field--with points illustrated by real-life examples.

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Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true.

Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processed important lessons from the past. Based on the author's wartime experiences, a broad range of topics are covered--from factors to be considered in accepting a counterinsurgency partner to "rules" for advisors in the field--with points illustrated by real-life examples.

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Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

by David Donovan
Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

by David Donovan

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It has long been predicted that counterinsurgency will be the predominant style of American warfare in the 21st century: Thus far, the prediction has proven true.

Written for those who study counterinsurgency from a policy perspective as well as for those who do counterinsurgency in the field, this book demonstrates that the U.S. has had difficulty meeting the challenges of this special form of warfare because it has not properly processed important lessons from the past. Based on the author's wartime experiences, a broad range of topics are covered--from factors to be considered in accepting a counterinsurgency partner to "rules" for advisors in the field--with points illustrated by real-life examples.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786497690
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 01/27/2015
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

David Donovan is the pen name of Terry T. Turner, a former advisor in a counterinsurgency program in Vietnam. For the last 35 years he has been a scientist and university professor and is currently professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. He lives in Moultrie, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Preface 1

1 The Test: Five Questions 3

2 The Program: Five Requirements 29

3 The Campaign: Five Challenges 44

4 Those Who Do Counterinsurgency: The Advisors 65

5 Donovan's Dozens: Rules for Counterinsurgency 85

6 Counterinsurgency Failure: A Dozen Ways to Do It 134

7 Counterinsurgency Program Organization: It Can Work in Its Specifics but Still Be Overwhelmed 157

8 Counterinsurgency and the Potemkin Village 179

9 The Soldiers They Send 197

Bibliography 207

Index 211

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