INTERNET RESOURCES

Benest, D. G.   British Leaders and Irregular Warfare.  Carre 30:32-37 January 2007.

Center on Terrorism & Irregular Warfare.  Naval Postgraduate School.
Site includes reports and publications.
http://www.nps.navy.mil/ctiw/index.html

Irregular Warfare Special Study.  Joint Warfighting Center, August 2006.
http://merln.ndu.edu/archive/DigitalCollections/IrregWarfareSpecialStudy.pdf

Mancuso, Mario.  Irregular Warfare Roadmap.  Special Operations Technology
http://www.special-operations-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1699

Quadrennial Defense Review Report.  U. S. Department of Defense.    February 6, 2006.
http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/report/Report20060203.pdf

BOOKS

Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era:  The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions, by Alan Vick and others.  Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2006.  180 p.

Bensahel, Nora.  The Counterterror Coalitions:  Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union.  Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2003.  71 p.
http://rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1746.pdf

Cassidy, Robert M.  Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:    Military Culture and Irregular War.  Westport, CT, Praeger Security International, 2006.  211 p.

Cline, Lawrence E.  Pseudo Operations in Counterinsurgency:  Lessons from Other Countries.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, June 2005.  31 p.

Coram, James S.   Training Indigenous Forces in Counterinsurgency:  A Tale of Two Insurgencies. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, 2006.  54 p.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB648.pdf

Gareau, Frederick H.  State Terrorism in the United States:  From Counterinsurgency to the War on Terrorism.  Atlanta, GA, Clarity Press, 2004.    254 p.

Gray, Colin S.  Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy:  Can the American Way of War Adapt?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, 2006.  64 p.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB650.pdf

Hashim, Ahmed.  Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq.  London, Hurst, 2006.  482 p.  (Crisis in World Politics)

Hoffman, Bruce.  Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?  Santa Monica, CA, Rand, September 2005.  21 p.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2005/RAND_CT250-1.pdf

Irregular Warfare:  Counterinsurgency Challenges in Perspectives:  Final Report.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center, 2006.  26 p.  (Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series)
http://www.eisenhowerseries.com/pdfs/final_06/AUSA06-FinalReport.pdf

Joes, Anthony James.  Resisting Rebellion:  The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency.  Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 2004.  351 p.

Mackinlay, John.  Defeating Complex Insurgency:  Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.    London, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 2005.   66 p.

Metz, Steven and Millen, Raymond A.  Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century:  Reconceptualizing Threat and Response.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, November 2004.  43 p. (Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century)
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pdffiles/PUB586.pdf

Rothstein, Hy S.  Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare.  Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2006.  218 p.

Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism, edited by Williamson Murray.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, 2006.  307 p.

Tanham, George K.  Communist Revolutionary Warfare:  From Vietminh to the Viet Cong.  Westport, CT, Praeger Security International, 2006.  130 p.    (PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era). Reprint of the 1967 revised edition.

Thompson, Leroy.  The Counter-Insurgency Manual:  Tactics of the Anti-Guerrilla Professionals.  Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 2002.    176 p.

Tierney, John J., Jr.  Chasing Ghosts:  Unconventional Warfare in American History.   Washington, Potomac Books, 2006.  289 p.

Zuhur, Sherifa.  A Hundred Osamas:  Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency.  Carlisle, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, 2005.  76 p.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB636.pdf

OTHERS

Archer, Tony.  The Importance of Ethics in Counterinsurgency Operations.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, May 2006.  66 p.

Clarke, David J.  The Vital Role of Intelligence in Counterinsurgency Operations.    Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  32 p.

Davis, Arthur D.  Back to the Basics:  An Aviation Solution to Counter Insurgency Warfare.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 2005.    37 p.

Defense Science Board Task Force on Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments.  Washington, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, March 2006.  55 p.

Dyke, John R. and Crisafulli, John R.  Unconventional Counter-Insurgency in Africa.    Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2006.  61 p.

Espino, Irineo C.  Counterinsurgency:  The Role of Paramilitaries.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.  78 p.

Graff, Jonathan K., Jr.  United States Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Implementation in Iraq.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, June 2004.  87 p.

Gray, Ron.  Integrated Swarming Operations for Air Base Defense:    Applications in Irregular Warfare.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2006.  75 p.

Haas, Christopher K.  A Standing Unconventional Warfare Task Force to Combat Insurgency in the 21st Century.   Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2005.  20 p.

Hoffman, Patricia D.  Seeking Shadows in the Sky:  The Strategy of Air Guerrilla Warfare.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advance Airpower Studies, 2001.    55 p.

Jones, Douglas D.  Understanding Measures of the Effectiveness in Counterinsurgency Operations.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, May 2006.  69 p.

Karagosian, John W.  Repressive States and Insurgencies:  Implications for Future Campaigns.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, March 2006.  63 p.

Kostelnik, Edward A.  Airmen First:  Shaping the Expeditionary Air Force for Counterinsurgency.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.    82 p.

Lackman, Michael J.  The British Boer War and the French Algerian Conflict:    Counterinsurgency for Today.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, June 2006.  92 p.

Lastimado, Antonio R.  The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Special Operations.   Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.  97 p.

McBride, Michael S.  The Interagency Process in Counter-Insurgency Warfare.    Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  17 p.

McDonald, Roger L.  The Impact of Irregular Warfare on the U.S. Army.    Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2006.  23 p.

Miller, Frank A.  Irregular Warfare: Perhaps Not so "Irregular."    Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  15 p.

Pepper, Joseph.  Winning the Counterinsurgency Fight in Iraq:  The Role of Political Culture in Counterinsurgency Warfare 2003-2006 in Iraq.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, May 2006.  59 p.

Reed, D. Todd, Jr.  The Tao of Special Forces:  An Analysis of Counterinsurgency Doctrine.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004.    91 p.

Smith, Daniel J.  Intelligence Gathering in a Counterinsurgency.    Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  28 p.

Thompson, Steve.  Joint Air Doctrine in the Global War on Terror.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2004.  18 p.

Web, Gary C.  Between Iraq and a Hard Place:  Fighting Guerrilla Warfare in the Air.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, May 2001.  30 p.

PERIODICALS

Anderson, John B.   Attack Foe's Anonymity.  Armed Forces Journal international 142:36-37 January 2005.
Argues that there is little "military doctrine devoted to counterinsurgency operations."

Andrade, Dale and Wilbanks, James H.  CORDS (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support) Phoenix:  Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam for the Future.    Military Review 86:9-23 March-April 2006.

Aylwin-Foster, Nigel R. F.  Changing the Army for Counterinsurgency Operations.    Military Review 85:2-15 November-December 2005.
Originally published in the Seaford House Papers.

Beebe, Kenneth.  The Air Force's Missing Doctrine:  How the U. S. Air Force Ignores Counterinsurgency.  Air & Space Power Journal 20:27-34 Spring 2006.

Belote, Howard D.  Counterinsurgency Airpower:  Air-Ground Integration for the Long War.  Air & Space Power Journal 20:55-64 Fall 2006.

Billingsley, Dodge.  Stryker Brigade Combats Guerrillas in Mosul.  Jane's Intelligence Review 16:5-6 May 2004.

Bore, Henri.  Irregular Warfare in Africa - a French Marine Experience.  Marine Corps Gazette 90:38-40 July 2006.

Byman, Daniel.  Five Bad Options for Iraq.  Survival 47:7-42 Spring 2005.
Discusses U.S. plans for Iraq including counterinsurgency operations.

Cassidy, Robert M.  Back to the Street Without Joy:  Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam and Other Small Wars.   Parameters 34:73-83 Summer 2004.

Cassidy, Robert M.  Winning the War of the Flea:  Lessons from Guerrilla Warfare.  Military Review 84:41-46 September-October 2004.

Celeski, Joseph D.  Strategic Aspects of Counterinsurgency.  Military Review 86:35-41 March-April 2006.

Chipman, Don D.  Osama bin Laden and Guerrilla War.  Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 26:163-170 May-June 2003.

Cohen, Eliot and others.  Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency.  Military Review 86:49-53 March-April 2006.

Cooper, David E.  An Organizational Model for Marines Fighting an Insurgency.    Marine Corps Gazette 89:48-50 June 2005.

Costa, Christopher.  Phoenix Rises Again:  HUMINT Lessons for Counterinsurgency Operations.  Defense Intelligence Journal 15,no.1:135-154 2006.

Declawing the Eagle:  How the Insurgency in Iraq Has Effectively Forced the United States to Redefine Its Current and Future Doctrine and Warfighting Strategy.  Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 33, nos.11-12:14-15 2005.

Deady, Timothy K.  Lessons from a Successful Counterinsurgency:  The Philippines, 1899-1902.  Parameters 35:53-68 Spring 2005.

Downs, William B.  Unconventional Airpower.  Air & Space Power Journal 19:20-25 Spring The U.S. Air Force must adjust to "bring airpower more effectively to bear in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency."

Emery, Norman and others.  Fighting Terrorism and Insurgency:  Shaping the Information Environment.  Military Review 85:32-38 January-February 2005.

Fang, Bay.  Guerrillas in the Mist.  US News & World Report 136:46-50 March 15, 2004.

Erwin, Sandra I.  Shift in Priorities:  Office of Naval Research Turns Attention to 'Irregular' Warfare.  National Defense 91:60-62 August 2006.

Farmer, Michael.  We Must Defeat the Small-Boat Threat.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 130:81 January 2004.

Freakley, Benjamin C.  Urban Counterinsurgency:  Seizing the Opportunity.    Infantry 94:1-2 January-February 2005.
"Examines several recurring trends in urban counterinsurgency."

Gavrilis, James A.   Army Must Address Irregular Warfare Needs.  National Defense 90:18-19 March 2006.

Gordon, Avishag.  "Purity of Arms," "Preemptive War," and "Selective Targeting" in the Context of Terrorism:  General, Conceptual, and Legal Analyses.  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 29:493-508 July-August 2006.

Gravatt, B.L.  Don't Get Complacent about Insurgency in Iraq.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 29:64 October 2003.

Grdovic, Mark.  Understanding Counterinsurgency.  Special Warfare 17:2-5 December 2004.

Hammer, Joshua.  In the Hands of Insurgents.  Newsweek 143:34-35 May 24, 2004.

                                                                                   
Hayden, H. Thomas.  Counterinsurgency in Iraq Started with Fallujah.  Marine Corps Gazette 89:28-29 July 2005.
"Discusses the counterinsurgency operation in Iraq and the initiatives of the US forces to address early errors in countering the Iraqi insurgency and to successfully conclude the occupation."

Hoffman, Bruce. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq.  Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:103-121 March 2006.

Hoffman, Frank G.  Complex Irregular Warfare:  The Next Revolution in Military Affairs.  Orbis 50:395-411 Summer 2006.

Intelligent Design:  COIN (counterinsurgency) Operations Require Soldiers to Put a New Emphasis on Intelligence Collection and Analysis.  Special Warfare 19:22-29 May-June 2006.

Jean, Grace.  Technology Gaps:  Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings.  National Defense 91:22-24 July 2006.

Kanter, Noah.  Employing Armor in Low-Intensity Conflicts:  Some Lessons for the US Armor Force.  Armor 111:6-14 January-February 2002.

Karsner, Christian M.  21st Century Relevance of Mao's Theory on Popular Support in Guerrilla Warfare.  Special Warfare 17:30-34 February 2005.

Lewis, Steve.  Che Guevara and Guerrilla Warfare:  Training for Today's Nonlinear Battlefields.  Military Review 81:98-101 September-October 2001.

Lowry, Richard.  What Went Right.   National Review 57:29-37 May 9, 2005.
Discusses "how the US (in Iraq) with its military occupation and counterinsurgency campaign is containing violence and promoting democracy."

McFate, Montgomery and Jackson, Andrea V.  The Object Beyond War:    Counterinsurgency and the Four Tools of Political Competition.  Military Review 86:13-26 January-February 2006.

Metz, Steven and Millen, Raymond A.  Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century:  Reconceptualizing Threat and Response.  Special Warfare 17:6-21 February 2005.

Moore, Jeff.  Islamic Insurgency Run Amok.  U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings 132:38-43 May 2006.

Niedziocha, Chris P.  CAAT (combined antiarmor team) and Mouse:  CAAT Is Reinvented for Counterinsurgency and Low-Intensity Conflict. Marine Corps Gazette 88:25-26+ November 2004.

"Discusses the reinvention in 2004 of combined anti-armor team platoon into a flexible, motorized infantry task force capable of conducting a broad spectrum of missions in a low-to mid-intensity conflict or a counterinsurgency operation."

Paul, Matthew C.  Tactical Questioning:  Human Intelligence Key to Counterinsurgency Campaigns.  Infantry 95:22-25 January-February 2006.

Peters, Ralph.  The Hearts-and-Minds Myth:  Sorry, but Winning Means Killing.    Armed Forces Journal 144:34-38 September 2006.

Record, Jeffrey.  Why the Strong Lose.  Parameters 35:16-31 Winter 2005-2006.

Sales, Peter M.  Counterinsurgency - or Counterproductive?  Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter 30:46+ July-August 2004.

Saul, John R.  "A New Era of Irregular Warfare?"  Lecture delivered to faculty and cadets Royal Military College Kingston, Ontario.  Canadian Military Journal 5:7-20 Winter 2004-2005.

Tiron, Roxana.  Irregular Warfare:  Counterinsurgency in Iraq Provides Template for Fighting Terrorism.  National Defense 89:40-41 April 2005.

Tomes, Robert R.  Relearning Counterinsurgency Warfare. Parameters 34:16-28 Spring 2004.
Examines insurgency in Israel and the lessons learned from that situation.

Trager, Robert F. and Zagorcheva, Dessislava P.  Deterring Terrorism:  It Can Be Done.   International Security 30:87-123 Winter 2005-2006.

Back to Counter-Terrorism Reading Room

Visit Counter-Terrorism Bookstore

Visit Remy Mauduit's Web Site, Former Insurgent and Counter-Insurgent