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Some of the Best Weapons for Counterinsurgents Do Not Shoot (Enlarged Edition)

ByStrategic Studies InstituteU.S. Army War College

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Even under the best circumstances, reconstruction in counterinsurgency is a difficult endeavor. The most critical tasks are numerous and complex. Many participating agencies must undertake missions that fall well out of their existing core competencies or operate in environments that are completely unfamiliar to them. The involvement of multiple agencies who are not accustomed to working together makes coordination difficult. And all this must take place in an environment where an armed, violent foe, who understands the disadvantage to him of a successful reconstruction effort, is determined to go to almost any length to resist progress or destroy what has been accomplished. If the counterinsurgent understands what needs to be accomplished and to what end, and he has a plan and can mount a coordinated effort to execute that plan. Reconstruction can indeed then become one of the array of key weapons that do not shoot that are available to the counterinsurgent. Even as a weapon that does not shoot...

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Publication Date
Aug 12, 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781304322517
Category
Education & Language
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Strategic Studies Institute, By (author): U.S. Army War College, By (author): Eric T. Olson

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Pages
154
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

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