Counterinsurgency and the Armed Forces.

Intro -- COUNTERINSURGENCY AND THE ARMED FORCES -- COUNTERINSURGENCY AND THE ARMED FORCES -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 IRREGULAR WARFARE, COUNTERINSURGENCY AND COUNTER - TERRORISM -- Chapter 2 BASICS OF UNDERDOG STRATEGIC THINKING -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS -- COMMON MISTAKES UNDERDOGS MAKE -- IRREGULAR TACTICS -- A CASE STUDY: THE TALIBAN AFTER 2001 -- Chapter 3 HOW TO DEFEAT UNDERDOG THINKING -- WORKSHEET 1: STRATEGY -- WORKSHEET 2: KEY ACTORS -- WORKSHEET 3: AN ACTOR'S ACTIONS AND TACTICS -- WORKSHEET 4: RESOURCES FOR A STRATEGY -- WORKSHEET 5: RULES OF THE GAME -- WORKSHEET 6: ALL OTHER FACTORS -- WORKSHEET 7: STRATEGIC PATHWAY -- CIRCLE NODES ON EACH PATHWAY -- CIRCLE NODES ON EACH PATHWAY -- WORKSHEET 8. TACTICS AND COUNTER TACTICS -- WORKSHEET 9. CORE IDEA -- Chapter 4 CASE STUDIES AND SOLUTIONS -- CASE STUDY I: MILITARY FORCES PREPARE FOR A NEW KIND OF WARFARE -- CASE STUDY II: A BROADER WAR ON ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST HOSTILE ACTORS -- CASE STUDY III: USING THE U.S. MILITARY BUDGET BETTER TO FIGHT TERRORISM -- CIRCLE NODES ON EACH PATHWAY -- CASE STUDY IV: AL QAEDA'S MODUS OPERANDI AND AN INFANTRY SQUAD'S TRAINING -- CASE STUDY V: FINDING AND EXPLOITING AL QAEDA'S WEAKNESSES -- CASE STUDY VI. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA -- CASE STUDY VII: SIEGE OF BEIRUT -- CASE STUDY VIII: A TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN A SMALL PACIFIC ISLAND STATE OCCUPIED BY A MULTINATIONAL FORCE -- Chapter 5 CONCLUSION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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