Abstract:Counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine is a very special strategy in the art of war, which involves significantly different tactics than does conventional warfare. U.S. doctrine for combat against insurgents has gone through several changes, the most dramatic of which occurred after 9/11, when the U.S. military faced a new kind of enemy: a global network of fighters, often described as a "global insurgency." This paper traces the genesis and further development of modern U.S. COIN doctrine. It asks two main questio… Show more
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