COUNTERINSURGENCYOnce a generally ignored topic reserved for an obscure corner of strategic studies and military history ( itself a classic subfield that professional academics enamored by questions of class, gender, race, social constructions and related concepts have tried to eliminate from departments everywhere) COIN is now going mainstream.
Dr. Peter Howard at
Duck of Minerva - "
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice"
"
Counterinsurgency, by the Book" -
The New York Times.
"
Baghdad’s Chaos Undercuts Tack Pursued by U.S" -
The New York Times .
"
The Tribal way of War" -
Robert D. Kaplan -
The Wall Street Journal."Is US using enemy to fight a proxy war?" -
The London Times .
"
Policy think tanks re-thinking views on local warlords" -
The Washington Times .
A big hat tip to
The Small Wars Council.