U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

by David Petraeus, James Amos

Overview

This counterinsurgency field manual is designed to fill a gap within the doctrine of how the U.S. Military fights its wars. It has been 20 years since the Army published a field manual devoted exclusively to counterinsurgency operations. For the Marine Corps it has been 25 years. With U.S. Soldiers and Marines fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is essential that they are given a manual that provides principles and guidelines for counterinsurgency operations. Such guidance must be grounded in historical studies. However, it also must be informed by contemporary experiences. This is an important document that is now available for the layman and the student of military strategy in addition to the professional U.S. Soldier and Marine.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011855344
Publisher:	Signalman Publishing
Publication date:	10/14/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	282
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

David Petraeus is a United States Army general who serves as the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). Petraeus has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, an M.P.A. and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He later served as Assistant Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.

James Amos is a four-star general in the United States Marine Corps and the 31st and current Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. Amos has commanded the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2004, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and was Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration from 2004 to July 2008. Amos graduated from the University of Idaho in 1970.