Military Concept Discussed: counterinsurgency

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Westmoreland’s War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam

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General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of “attrition” in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland’s strategy placed a premium on high “body counts” through a “big unit war” that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. […]

Westmorelands War - Army Reading List

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Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War

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Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs – monetary, political and moral – of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build […]