Stabilizing the Debate Between Population-Centric and Enemy-Centric Counterinsurgency - Success Demands a Balanced Approach (Paperback)

This thesis contends the debate on whether to embrace a population-centric or enemy-centric counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan detracts focus from building a balanced approach, customized for the human and political landscape in each area of operation (AO). The debate should be finally resolved since each strategic axis represents a crucial portion of the ideal hybrid approach, which necessarily looks different from one AO to the next. Each extreme, whether focusing all effort on killing and capturing the enemy (enemy-centric) or partnering with and protecting the population from the enemy (population-centric) is unique to local conditions on the ground. Centric means to focus efforts only in one direction or the other. The centric banners must be dropped and the U.S. should maintain a balanced approach, integrating both strategies and freeing commanders to use every available resource across the lines of effort in the concentrations he deems appropriate and conducive to his specific AO. The U.S. is fighting a counterinsurgency that necessitates both the destruction of the enemy and the nurturing of the population. Counterinsurgency, as another form of warfare, must utilize all elements of national power to achieve the desired outcome. The consensus from a comprehensive study of multiple counterinsurgency models indicates that utilizing all available resources to achieve a balanced approach and providing the autonomy our commanders require to achieve success in their AOs is the most effective way to deal with counterinsurgencies now and in the future.

General

Imprint:	Biblioscholar
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	August 2012
Authors:	Nathan R. Springer
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-1-249-24979-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Promotions
LSN:	1-249-24979-1
Barcode:	9781249249795

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