IRREGULAR WARFARE

 "Conflicts in which enemy combatants are not regular military forces of nation-states" -  2006 Quadrennial Defense Review
 

March 2007

Compiled by Bibliography Branch
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

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Internet Resources

Benest, D. G.  British Leaders and Irregular Warfare.  Carre 30:32-37 January 2007.
 Available online at:  http://www.nov-officieren.nl/Carre/Carre%202007/Carre%20januari%202007/ca070132.pdf

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

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

 Mancuso, Mario.  Irregular Warfare Roadmap.  Special Operations Technology, October 10, 2006.
Available online at:  http://www.special-operations-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1699

Quadrennial Defense Review Report.  U. S. Department of Defense.  February 6, 2006.
Available online at:  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.
Book call no.:  358.41425 A298

Bensahel, Nora.  The Counterterror Coalitions:  Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union.  Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2003.  71 p.
Also available online at:  http://rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1746.pdf
Book call no.:  363.32 B474c

Bolz, Frank.  The Counterterrorism Handbook:  Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques.  New York, Taylor & Francis, 2005.  401 p.
Book call no.:  363.32 B694c

Cassidy, Robert M.  Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:  Military Culture and Irregular War.  Westport, CT, Praeger Security International, 2006.  211 p.
Book call no.:  355.0218 C345c

Cline, Lawrence E.  Pseudo Operations in Counterinsurgency:  Lessons from Other Countries.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, June 2005.  31 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA435396
Book call no.:  355.0218 C641p

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.
Also available online at:  http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB648.pdf
 Book call no.:  355.0218 C831t

Counterterrorism and Contingency Planning Guide, edited by Sherry L. Harowitz.  Alexandria, VA, American Society for Industrial Security, 2003.  142 p.
This book contains a collection of contingency planning articles from several issues of Security Management magazine.
Book call no.:  363.32517 C855

Dempsey, Thomas.  Counterterrorism in African Failed States:  Challenges and Potential Solutions.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, April 2006.  36 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA446136
Book call no.:  363.32516096 D389c

Gareau, Frederick H.  State Terrorism in the United States:  From Counterinsurgency to the War on Terrorism.  Atlanta, GA, Clarity Press, 2004.  254 p.
Book call no.:  303.625 G229s
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.
Also available online at:  http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB650.pdf
Book call no.:  355.033573 G778i

Hashim, Ahmed.  Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq.  London, Hurst, 2006.  482 p.  (Crisis in World Politics)
Book call no.:  956.70944342 H348ia

Hoffman, Bruce.  Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?  Santa Monica, CA, Rand, September 2005.  21 p.
Also available online at;  http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2005/RAND_CT250-1.pdf
Book call no.:  363.32516 H699d

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)
Also available online at:  http://www.eisenhowerseries.com/pdfs/final_06/AUSA06-FinalReport.pdf
Book call no.:  355.425 I71

Joes, Anthony James.  Resisting Rebellion:  The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency.  Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 2004.  351 p.
Book call no.:  355.0218 J64r

Mackinlay, John.  Defeating Complex Insurgency:  Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.  London, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 2005.  66 p.
Book call no.:  355.0218 M158d

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)
Also available online at:  http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pdffiles/PUB586.pdf
Book call no.:  322.42 M596i

Naftali, Timothy.  Blind Spot:  The Secret History of American Counterterrorism.  New York, Perseus Books Group, 2005.  399 p.
Book call no.:  363.32516 N1446b

Peters, Ralph.  When Devils Walk the Earth:  The Mentality and Roots of Terrorism, and How to Respond.  Quantico, VA, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, 2004.  36 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA433476
Book call no.:  363.325 P483w

Rothstein, Hy S.  Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare.  Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2006.  218 p.
Book call no.:  355.0218 R847a

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA456249
Book call no.:  355.02 S8983

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.
Book call no.:  959.7 T164c 2006

Thompson, Leroy.  The Counter-Insurgency Manual:  Tactics of the Anti-Guerrilla Professionals.  Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 2002.  176 p.
Book call no.:  355.0218 T473c

Tierney, John J., Jr.  Chasing Ghosts:  Unconventional Warfare in American History.  Washington, Potomac Books, 2006.  289 p.
Book call no.:  355.3430973 T564c

Zuhur, Sherifa.  A Hundred Osamas:  Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency.  Carlisle, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, 2005.  76 p.
Also available online at:  http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB636.pdf
Book call no.:  973.931 Z94h

Documents

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA449945
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022-2 A672i

Beech, Michael F.  Observing al Qaeda Through the Lens of Complexity Theory:  Recommendations for the National Strategy to Defeat Terrorism.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 2004.  27 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423895
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 B414o

Byrge, Thomas A., Jr.  The Air Force and the War on Terror.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  15 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA449641
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 B995a

Clarke, David J.  The Vital Role of Intelligence in Counterinsurgency Operations.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  32 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA448457
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 C592v

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA444383
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122 D2614b

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.
Also available online at:  http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2006-03-Force_Protection_Final.pdf
Doc. call no.:  M-U 40607-198

Dyke, John R. and Crisafulli, John R.  Unconventional Counter-Insurgency in Africa.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2006.  61 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA451756
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 D996u

Espino, Irineo C.  Counterinsurgency:  The Role of Paramilitaries.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.  78 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA429863
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 E773c

Gersdorf, Torsten.  Comparison of the Security Strategies of the United States and the European Union:  Is There a Common Approach in Combating Terrorism?  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, 2005.  43 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA437450
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022-2 G381c

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA428901
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022 G736u

Gray, Ron.  Integrated Swarming Operations for Air Base Defense:  Applications in Irregular Warfare.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2006.  75 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA451371
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 G781i

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA432859
Doc. call no.:  M-U  39080-537 H112s

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.
Also available online at:   https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2000/saas/hoffman_p.pdf
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43998-1a H711s 
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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA450589
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022-2 J763u

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA450609
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022-2 K184r

Kostelnik, Edward A.  Airmen First:  Shaping the Expeditionary Air Force for Counterinsurgency.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.  82 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA457349
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 K862a

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA452027
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022 L141b

Lastimado, Antonio R.  The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Special Operations.   Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.  97 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA429856
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 L349a

McBride, Michael S.  The Interagency Process in Counter-Insurgency Warfare.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  17 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA449307
 Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 M1194i

McDonald, Roger L.  The Impact of Irregular Warfare on the U.S. Army.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2006.  23 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA448459
 Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 M1354i

Marques, Patrick D.  Guerrilla Warfare Tactics in Urban Environments.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, 2003.  65 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA416603
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42022 M357g

Miller, Frank A.  Irregular Warfare: Perhaps Not so "Irregular."  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  15 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA448484
 Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 M6474i

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.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA450481
 Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 P4241w

Reed, D. Todd, Jr.  The Tao of Special Forces:  An Analysis of Counterinsurgency Doctrine.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004.  91 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424849
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 K3232t

Smith, Daniel J.  Intelligence Gathering in a Counterinsurgency.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2006.  28 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA449813
 Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 S6452i

Thompson, Steve.  Joint Air Doctrine in the Global War on Terror.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2004.  18 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA425938
Doc. call no.:  M-U 41662 T476j

Thorleifson, Dane.  Usama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda's Operational Design.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2003.  21 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420528
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  T494u
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.
Also available online at:  https://research.au.af.mil/viewabstract.aspx?id=2546 
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43117 W3661b


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.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=20673822&site=ehost-live

Aylwin-Foster, Nigel R. F.  Changing the Army for Counterinsurgency Operations.  Military Review 85:2-15 November-December 2005.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=23913444&site=ehost-live
 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.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=20034008&site=ehost-live

Belote, Howard D.  Counterinsurgency Airpower:  Air-Ground Integration for the Long War.  Air & Space Power Journal 20:55-64 Fall 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22384228&site=ehost-live

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.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1080181731&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Borum, Randy and Tilby, Chuck.  Anarchist Direct Actions:  A Challenge for Law Enforcement.  Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:201-223 May-June 2005.

Bures, Oldrich.  EU Counterterrorism Policy:  A Paper Tiger?  Terrorism and Political Violence 18:57-78 Spring 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.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=13273020&site=ehost-live

Cassidy, Robert M.  Winning the War of the Flea:  Lessons from Guerrilla Warfare.  Military Review 84:41-46 September-October 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14796655&site=ehost-live

Celeski, Joseph D.  Strategic Aspects of Counterinsurgency.  Military Review 86:35-41 March-April 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=20673837&site=ehost-live

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.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=20673839&site=ehost-live

Cooper, David E.  An Organizational Model for Marines Fighting an Insurgency.  Marine Corps Gazette 89:48-50 June 2005.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=852158431&sid=5&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

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.
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Deady, Timothy K.  Lessons from a Successful Counterinsurgency:  The Philippines, 1899-1902.  Parameters 35:53-68 Spring 2005.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16345938&site=ehost-live

Downs, William B.  Unconventional Airpower.  Air & Space Power Journal 19:20-25 Spring 2005.
 Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17138116&site=ehost-live
 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.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=23484050&site=ehost-live

Fang, Bay.  Guerrillas in the Mist.  US News & World Report 136:46-50 March 15, 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=12441396&site=ehost-live

Erwin, Sandra I.  Shift in Priorities:  Office of Naval Research Turns Attention to 'Irregular' Warfare.  National Defense 91:60-62 August 2006.
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Faria, Joao Ricardo.  Terrorist Innovations and Anti-Terrorist Policies.  Terrorism and Political Violence 18:47-56 Spring 2006.

Farmer, Michael.  We Must Defeat the Small-Boat Threat.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 130:81 January 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=11911159&site=ehost-live

Freakley, Benjamin C.  Urban Counterinsurgency:  Seizing the Opportunity.  Infantry 94:1-2 January-February 2005.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=835170601&sid=6&Fmt=4&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
"Examines several recurring trends in urban counterinsurgency."

Gavrilis, James A.  Army Must Address Irregular Warfare Needs.  National Defense 90:18-19 March 2006.
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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.
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Grdovic, Mark.  Understanding Counterinsurgency.  Special Warfare 17:2-5 December 2004.
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Hammer, Joshua.  In the Hands of Insurgents.  Newsweek 143:34-35 May 24, 2004.
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Hayden, H. Thomas.  Counterinsurgency in Iraq Started with Fallujah.  Marine Corps Gazette 89:28-29 July 2005.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=868173721&sid=6&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
 "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.
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Jean, Grace.  Technology Gaps:  Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings.  National Defense 91:22-24 July 2006.
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Kanter, Noah.  Employing Armor in Low-Intensity Conflicts:  Some Lessons for the US Armor Force.  Armor 111:6-14 January-February 2002.
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Karsner, Christian M.  21st Century Relevance of Mao's Theory on Popular Support in Guerrilla Warfare.  Special Warfare 17:30-34 February 2005.
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Lewis, Steve.  Che Guevara and Guerrilla Warfare:  Training for Today's Nonlinear Battlefields.  Military Review 81:98-101 September-October 2001.
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Lowry, Richard.  What Went Right.   National Review 57:29-37 May 9, 2005.
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 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.
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Metz, Steven and Millen, Raymond A.  Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century:  Reconceptualizing Threat and Response.  Special Warfare 17:6-21 February 2005.
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Moore, Jeff.  Islamic Insurgency Run Amok.  U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings 132:38-43 May 2006.
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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.
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 "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.
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Peters, Ralph.  The Hearts-and-Minds Myth:  Sorry, but Winning Means Killing.  Armed Forces Journal 144:34-38 September 2006.
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Record, Jeffrey.  Why the Strong Lose.  Parameters 35:16-31 Winter 2005-2006.
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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.
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Tomes, Robert R.  Relearning Counterinsurgency Warfare.  Parameters 34:16-28 Spring 2004.
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Toolis, Kevin.  The Rules of Successful Rebellion.  New Statesman 133:26-28 November 8, 2004.
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 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.

U.S. Foils 10 Major Terrorist Plots.  Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor, pp 13-15 November 2005.
The White House has released details of 10 major terrorist attacks that have been foiled since the 11 September 2001 attacks.

Zimmermann, Doron.  The European Union and Post-9/11 Counterterrorism:  A Reappraisal.  Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 29:123-145 March 2006.

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