counter-insurgency
Sign in to saveAlso known as COIN, counterinsurgency, counter insurgency
thumb|right|275px|U.S. Marines and ANA soldiers on patrol during counterinsurgency operations in [[Marjah, Afghanistan, February 2010]]thumb|right|275px|Police question a civilian during the Malayan Emergency. Counterinsurgency involves action from both military and police authorities.
~55 min read
Encyclopedic overview
37 sectionsContents
- Models
- Counterinsurgency theorists
- Santa Cruz de Marcenado
- Thomas-Robert Bugeaud
- B. H. Liddell Hart
- David Galula
- Robert Thompson
- David Kilcullen
- Martin van Creveld
- Lorenzo Zambernardi
- Akali Omeni
- Information-centric theory
- Jeffrey Treistman
- Tactics
- "Drain the sea" tactic
- Assassination of leaders
- Oil spot
- Cordon and search
- Air operations
- Public diplomacy
- Information operations
- Specific doctrines
- Vietnam War
- Malaya
- Dutch Empire
- France
- Indochina
- Algeria
- West Africa
- India
- Portugal
- Russia and Soviet Union
- United States
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|275px|U.S. Marines and ANA soldiers on patrol during counterinsurgency operations in [[Marjah, Afghanistan, February 2010]]thumb|right|275px|Police question a civilian during the Malayan Emergency. Counterinsurgency involves action from both military and police authorities.
Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". The Oxford English Dictionary defines counterinsurgency as any "military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries" and can be considered war by a state against a non-state adversary. Insurgency and counterinsurgency campaigns have been waged since ancient history. Western thought on fighting 'small wars' gained interest during initial periods of European colonisation, while modern thinking on counterinsurgency was developed during decolonization.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “counter-insurgency” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.