This book is a theoretical and historical exploration of the role and relevance of airpower
in counterinsurgency (COIN). Despite an overwhelming material advantage in airpower and the popular belief that this provides America with an inherently beneficial warfighting asymmetry, the ...
Since 1899, Colombia has been embroiled in a long and bloody series of interconnected insurgencies.
The most famous of these are the Colombian fight against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC) and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional ...
This study applies net assessment to the Colombian Government's protracted campaign against the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC) in order to determine proper metrics to track progress in counterinsurgency warfare. Net assessment is used to analyze potential centers of ...
Civil Information Management Systems (CIMS) are emerging as a resource which allows commanders to build
a Common Operational Picture (COP) upon which to base their operational planning and execution. Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) are a type of CIMS. GIS have ...
Northern Uganda has suffered a violent civil conflict between the Government of Uganda and the
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), for over two decades. The conflict has resulted in over 1.6 million internally displaced persons within Uganda, as well as over ...
A comparative study of Mali and Niger to determine possible differences that may have influenced
the path of the 2012 Tuareg rebellion. Specifically, it seeks to determine if (1) the degree of governmental decentralization achieved after multiple peace agreements led ...
In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia, ten experts native to South Asia consider the
nature of intrastate insurgent movements from a peacebuilding perspective. Case studies on India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka lend new insights into the dynamics of ...
Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.Reflecting on
a seventeen-year career teaching at military educational institutions of the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy, Martin L. Cook finds a powerful but underappreciated ...
