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Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror: Military Culture and Irregular War (Stanford Security Studies)
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by Robert Cassidy
Sales Rank: 548625
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Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
Published by: Stanford University Press; Reprint edition January 28, 2008
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0804759669
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0804759663
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Product Review
"Cassidy provides a wide ranging analysis of how national culture, defense development, and military organizational culture affects a military's ability to wage counterinsurgency. Those unfamiliar with American military history will find his discussions of American performance in Indian and hemispheric conflicts edifying However, the greatest strength of Cassidy's book is that isn't American-centric I recommend it for any serious student of small wars theory—and anyone interested in understanding more about today's irregular wars."—Rethinking Security
"In a very timely, interesting, and thought-provoking book, Robert Cassidy argues for re-conceptualizing what was first called the "global war on terrorism: then the "global struggle against violent extremism," and currently, the long war. Conceptualizing the long war as a global counterinsurgency requires also rethinking military culture, doctrine, and interagency coordination, and Cassidy's book does just that.a useful and important addition to the scholarship on counterinsurgency."—Political Science Quarterly
"Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror is a must-read for academics, military professionals, and national security practitioners. The author combines his unique perspective as a military professional with his academic credentials to create a cogent work that explains how embedded military cultural preferences can influence or impede the preparation for and conduct of counterinsurgency. In a contemporary security environment that sees the U.S. military prosecuting multiple counterinsurgencies, and where the future may hold more of the same, this well written book is very relevant. Overall, the book is balanced, insightful, and well researched. For military professionals and security experts involved in employing our armed forces in this era, this is a book to read."—Richard H. Shultz, Director, International Security Studies Program & Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Product Description
Since September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the "global war on terrorism (GWOT)." Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U.S. security documents such as the National Security Council's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and in statements by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the JCS. The description Long War—unlimited in time and space and continuing for decades—is closer to reality and more useful than GWOT.
Colonel Robert Cassidy argues that this protracted struggle is more correctly viewed as a global insurgency and counterinsurgency. Al Qaeda and its affiliates, he maintains, comprise a novel and evolving form of networked insurgents who operate globally, harnessing the advantages of globalization and the information age. They employ terrorism as a tactic, subsuming terror within their overarching aim of undermining the Western-dominated system of states. Placing the war against al Qaeda and its allied groups and organizations in the context of a global insurgency has vital implications for doctrine, interagency coordination, and military cultural change—all reviewed in this important work.
He first offers a distilled analysis of al Qaeda and its associated networks, with a particular focus on ideology and culture. In subsequent chapters, he elucidates the challenges big powers face when they prosecute counterinsurgencies, using historical examples from Russian, American, British, and French counterinsurgent wars before 2001. The book concludes with recommendations for the integration and command and control of indigenous forces and other agencies.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror: Military Culture and Irregular War (Hardcover)
I have not checked, but I would bet that this book is required reading at the various command colleges for our armed forces. The book reads like a PhD Dissertation, but that is not all bad. The sources and cites are awesome if you want to delve further into the subject. The basis of this book is a description of what counterinsurgency is, a historical look at its uses and how we must adapt to the new global "network insurgency"! LTC Cassidy has obviously done his homework on this subject. While dry, it is probably the best meta-analysis of the subject available for lay readers. Among the main themes for the successful prosecution of this type of conflict is the need to involve as many indigenous forces as possible, paternal control systems of occupation and scrupulous care to avoid killing "innocents". If you are a fan of Clausewitz, you are going to have a hard time getting into this! If you are interested in delving this deep into the war on terror and where it is going, I highly recommend this book.
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