Search By Keyword     Or By Author    Go   Add an Entry        Browse By Topic Counterinsurgency has become a subject of great interest in the last few years, and this website is intended to bring together the literature on this vitally important subject in a single location. This is a collaborative website, in which anyone can enter bibliographical references. A user can – and is indeed encouraged to – annotate the entries. Visitors can also search by topic to find a list of articles about specific insurgencies or issues in counterinsurgency. Counterinsurgency is a complex subject, as it rests at the intersection of history, economics, military strategy, and even political theory. This site attempts to collect articles on all of these aspects of counterinsurgency. In this respect it is different than other reading lists on, or bibliographies of, counterinsurgency. Some reading lists focus on military issues; others look at specific historical examples. What makes this site unique is that it is both collaborative and dedicated to both the practical and deeply philosophical issues surrounding counterinsurgency. Many of the articles included here deal with specific counterinsurgencies, ranging from Iraq to Malaysia to Vietnam; other articles address practical questions such as the role of indigenous police forces in counterinsurgency. Still others deal with the theoretical foundations of the state, a subject that, even while largely unacknowledged, underlies counterinsurgency efforts. At all times, this site is interested in a holistic view of success in counterinsurgency. Please help us create a resource that can be of use to both scholars and soldiers, to those who are paid to think about counterinsurgency and to merely concerned citizens, and to all who hope for success in the difficult art of counterinsurgency. 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(6 Posts)   Lind, William (3 Posts)   Marighella, Carlos (2 Posts)   Naji, Abu Bakr (2 Posts)   Thompson, Robert (4 Posts)   Trinquier, Roger (4 Posts)   Tse-Tung, Mao (5 Posts) Amend, Kurt E. "Counterinsurgency Principles for the Diplomat." Small Wars Journal (19 July 2008) Category/Related Topics: Iraq (2003 - Present); 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Afghanistan (2001-present)   Visit Link   More Info...       "As If They Fell From The Sky": Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia. Human Rights Watch, 2008 Category/Related Topics: Chechnya (1994-present); Ingushetia Visit Link   More Info...       Bacevich, Andrew J. "The Petraeus Doctrine." Atlantic Monthly October 2008 Category/Related Topics: Iraq (2003 - Present); Implications For Military Reorganization; 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Military, Use and Training Of; South Africa (Boer War) (1899-1902); "Surge", The Visit Link   More Info...       Myerson, Roger B. A Field Manual for the Cradle of Civilization. University of Chicago Working Paper, 2008 Category/Related Topics: Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24; Iraq (2003 - Present); Role of Elections; Elections For The Transitional National Authority; Foundations Of The State; Galula, David Visit Link   More Info...       Schulte, Paul. "Just Wars of the Future? Applying Just War Theory to Twenty-First Century Rogue Regimes." RUSI Journal 153.4 (August 2008) Category/Related Topics: Just War & Counterinsurgency; Law of War Visit Link   More Info...       Cassidy, Robert M. "Counterinsurgency and Military Culture: State Regulars versus Non-State Irregulars." Baltic Security & Defense Review 10 (2008): 53-85 Category/Related Topics: Military, Use and Training Of; Vietnam War (1945-1975); Somalia (1991-Present)   More Info...       "Annotated Bibliography on HTS, Minerva and PRISP." Culture Matters. 21 August 2008 Category/Related Topics: Anthropology & COIN Visit Link   More Info...       Havall, Harald. COIN Revisited: Lessons of the Classical Literature on Counterinsurgency and Its Applicability to the Afghan Hybrid Insurgency. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 2008 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Afghanistan (2001-present) Visit Link   More Info...       DeForest, Orrin & David Chanoff. Slow Burn-The Rise And Bitter Fall Of American Intelligence In Vietnam. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990 Category/Related Topics: CORDS; Ink Spot/Strategic Hamlet; Vietnam War (1945-1975); Intelligence More Info...       Note. "Counterinsurgency and Constitutional Design." Harvard Law Review 122 : 1622 Category/Related Topics: Nation Building; Foundations Of The State; 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Law of War Visit Link   More Info...       Ecklund, Marshall V. "Task Force Ranger vs. Urban Somali Guerrillas in Mogadishu: An Analysis of Guerrilla and Counterguerrilla Tactics and Techniques Used During Operation Gothic Serpent." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008) Category/Related Topics: Somalia (1991-Present) Visit Link   More Info...       Molan, Jim. "Thoughts of a Practitioner: A Contribution to Australia's Counterinsurgency Doctrine Drafters." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 215-234 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency Visit Link   More Info...       Scott, Trent. "Defeating Insurgencies: Adaptive Campaigning and an Australian Way of War." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 203-214 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Military, Use and Training Of Visit Link   More Info...       Kiszely, John. "Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 179-202 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency Visit Link   More Info...       McMaster, H.R. "On War: Lessons To Be Learned." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008) Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency Visit Link   More Info...       Parton, Neville. "Air Power's Illusion: Israel's 2006 Campaign in the Lebanon." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 153-166 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Lebanon (1975-Present); Israel & the Palestinians (1920-Present); Air Power & COIN; Peru (1980-Present) Visit Link   More Info...       Cadieu, Trevor. "Canadian Armour in Afghanistan." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 129-151 Category/Related Topics: Algeria (1954-1962); Afghanistan (2001-present) Visit Link   More Info...       Helmer, Daniel. "Not Quite Counterinsurgency: A Cautionary Tale for US Forces Based on Israel's Operation Change of Direction." Australian Army Jouranl V.2 (Winter 2008): 117-127 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Lebanon (1975-Present); Israel & the Palestinians (1920-Present) Visit Link   More Info...       Donahue, Patrick. "Combating a Modern Insurgency: Combined Task Force Devil in Afghanistan." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 91-116 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Afghanistan (2001-present) Visit Link   More Info...       Smith, Niel & Sean MacFarland. "Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 75-91 Category/Related Topics: Iraq (2003 - Present); Sunni "Awakening" Visit Link   More Info...       O'Neill, Mark. "Back to the Future: The Enduring Characteristics of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 41-56 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; Typologies of Insurgency Visit Link   More Info...       Grey, Jeff. "Australia's Counterinsurgencies: A Brief History." Australian Army Journal V.2 (Winter 2008): 17-26 Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency; General Histories Visit Link   More Info...       Milliard, Todd S. "Overcoming Post-Colonial Myopia: A Call To Recognize and Regulate Private Military Companies." LL.M. Thesis. U.S. Army Judge Advocate General School, 2003 Category/Related Topics: Law of War; Mercenaries Visit Link   More Info...       Smith, Brent. "A Look At Terrorist Behavior: How They Prepare, Where They Strike." National Institute of Justice Journal 260 (July) Category/Related Topics: 4th Generation Warfare and Counterinsurgency Visit Link   More Info...       Grau, Reagan Jay. "Waging Brown Water Warfare: the Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Dela, 1966-1969." M.A. Thesis. Texas Tech University, 2006 Category/Related Topics: Vietnam War (1945-1975) Visit Link   More Info...