The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual: U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-24

This book is a good read and a solid reference as you read other military and war themed books. This field manual presents a unique collaboration between the Army and Marine Corps in providing doctrine for dealing with counterinsurgency operations. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, the importance of decentralized decision-making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the key role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. The manual also emphasizes the paradoxical and often counterintuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations: sometimes the more you protect your forces, the less secure you are; sometimes the more force you use, the less effective it is; sometimes doing nothing is the best reaction.





An new introduction by Sarah Sewall, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, places the manual in critical and historical perspective, explaining the significance and potential impact of this revolutionary challenge to conventional U.S. military doctrine.
An attempt by our military to redefine itself in the aftermath of 9/11 and the new world of international terrorism, The U.S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual will play a vital role in American military campaigns for years to come.

Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Vignettes
Foreword to the University of Chicago Press edition
Introduction to the University of Chicago Press edition
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
chapter 1. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Overview
Aspects of Insurgency
Aspects of Counterinsurgency
Summary
chapter 2. Unity of Effort: Integrating Civilian and Military Activities
Integration
Key Counterinsurgency Participants and Their Likely Roles
Key Responsibilities in Counterinsurgency
Civilian and Military Integration Mechanisms
Tactical-Level Interagency Considerations
Summary
chapter 3. Intelligence in Counterinsurgency
Section I: Intelligence Characteristics in Counterinsurgency
Section II: Predeployment Planning and Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
Define the Operational Environment
Describe the Effects of the Operational Environment
Determine Threat Courses of Action
Section III: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations
The Intelligence-Operations Dynamic
Human Intelligence and Operational Reporting
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Considerations
Considerations for Other Intelligence Disciplines
Section IV: Counterintelligence and Counterreconnaissance
Section V: All-Source Intelligence
Current Operations
Comprehensive Insurgency Analysis
Reachback
Analytic Continuity
Section VI: Intelligence Collaboration
Intelligence Cells and Working Groups
Host-Nation Integration
Section VII: Summary
chapter 4. Designing Counterinsurgency Campaigns and Operations
The Importance of Campaign Design
The Relationship Between Design and Planning
The Nature of Design
Considerations for Design
Design for Counterinsurgency
Summary
chapter 5. Executing Counterinsurgency Operations
The Nature of Counterinsurgency Operations
Logical Lines of Operations in Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgency Approaches
Assessment of Counterinsurgency Operations
Targeting
Learning and Adapting
Summary
chapter 6. Developing Host-Nation Security Forces
Overview
Challenges, Resources, and End State
Framework for Development
Police in Counterinsurgency
Summary
chapter 7. Leadership and Ethics for Counterinsurgency
Leadership in Counterinsurgency
Large- and Small-Unit Leadership Tenets
Ethics
Warfighting Versus Policing
Proportionality and Discrimination
Detention and Interrogation
The Learning Imperative
Summary
chapter 8. Sustainment
Logistic Considerations in Counterinsurgency
Logistic Support to Logical Lines of Operations
Contracted Logistic Support
Summary
appendix a. A Guide for Action
Plan
Prepare
Execute
Ending the Tour
Three “What Ifs”
Summary
appendix b. Social Network Analysis and Other Analytical Tools
Describe the Effects of the Operational Environment
Evaluate the Threat
appendix c. Linguist Support
Linguist Support Categories
Selecting Interpreters
Employing Linguists
Establishing Rapport
Orienting Interpreters
Preparing for Presentations
Conducting Presentations
Speaking Techniques
appendix d. Legal Considerations
Authority to Assist a Foreign Government
Authorization to Use Military Force
Rules of Engagement
The Law of War
Internal Armed Confl ict
Detention and Interrogation
Enforcing Discipline of U.S. Forces
Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction
Training and Equipping Foreign Forces
Claims and Solatia
Establishing the Rule of Law
appendix e. Airpower in Counterinsurgency
Overview
Airpower in the Strike Role
Airpower in Intelligence Collection
Air and Space Information Operations
High-Technology Assets
Low-Technology Assets
Airlift
The Airpower Command Structure
Building Host-Nation Airpower Capability
Source Notes
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Military References
Index