Counter Insurgency

The salience of counter-insurgency theory is a significant issue in current national security policy. The US Marine Corps has a doctrinal and educational foundation that has consistently afforded institutional agility to adapt and better meet the demands of irregular warfare. In "Counter Insurgency: Past, Present and Future", military expert and strategist, Frank Hoffman, and policy analyst, Chris Brown, offer insight to the US Marine Corps' history in counter insurgency, and analyze recent experience in Iraq as an example of best practices and possible limitations. Through case study analysis and illustration of counter insurgency theory, Hoffman and Brown provide in depth insights to new Army and Marine Corps counter insurgency techniques, and discuss how these approaches may be applicable both today and in the future.