Publication

Jun 2007

This monograph examines the US strategy toward insurgency. It highlights a changing strategic context, structure and dynamics that impact contemporary insurgency. The author argues that the US military and defense community must rethink insurgency because it views contemporary insurgency as more closely related to Cold War-era nationalistic insurgencies rather than the complex conflicts which characterized the post-Cold War security environment. The author suggests and describes three distinct insurgency settings demanding different responses.

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Author Steven Metz
Series SSI Monographs
Publisher Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI)
Copyright © 2007 Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
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