counterinsurgency

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Counterinsurgency involves “comprehensive civilian and military efforts designed to simultaneously defeat and contain insurgency and address its root causes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

He is the author of several books, including "The Accidental Guerrilla," "Counterinsurgency," "Out of the Mountains," and "Blood Year."

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2020

Counterinsurgency operations were halted, along with preparations for a national election to shift all available resources to finding Bergdahl.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2017

Counterinsurgency campaigns can be fought only with, and on behalf of, the host government.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2010

Given all this, one of the so-called paradoxes of counterinsurgency outlined in the Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual states, “The host nation security force doing something tolerably is often better than us doing it well.”

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2010