The Revision of FM3-24 is Overdue: Rethinking Classical Counterinsurgency to Defeat Contemporary Insurgents

by National Defense University Institute and National Defense University

Current United States counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine espoused in Army Field Manual (FM) 3-24 Counterinsurgency is inadequate for the realities of the complex security environment that exist in the world today. This paper starts with a literary review of the current counterinsurgency doctrine proposed in FM 3-24 and subsequently discusses relevant critiques of that doctrine. Next, a case study on Afghanistan is then used as a vehicle to show where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150099829X
• ISBN13: 9781500998295
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"