TY  - BOOK
AU  - CORR Edwin G
AU  - FISHEL John T
TI  - Is FM 3-24 a blueprint for COIN?: the debate on counterinsurgency 
PY  - 2014///
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - COUNTERNISURGENCY
N2  - Considers several different published views on America's approach to counterinsurgency (Kaplan: The insurgents; Shultz: The Marines take Anbar; Gentile: Wrong Turn; Manwaring: Uncomfortable wars) and notes the costs of US involvement in various COIN operations. Concludes that "unless absolutely necessary do not commit American combat troops", to do so is expensive and unproductive
ER  -