The U.S. Army/Marine Corps counterinsurgency field manual

U.S. Army field manual no. 3-24 : Marine Corps warfighting publication no. 3-33.5

by United States Department of the Army

2007 419 pages eng

When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than…