The U.S. Marine Corps has recently published a series of documents on counterinsurgency:
“Small-Unit Leaders’ Guide to Counterinsurgency,” June 2006 (4.7 MB PDF file).
“Countering Irregular Threats: A Comprehensive Approach,” 14 June 2006 (3.2 MB PDF file).
“Tentative Manual for Countering Irregular Threats: An Updated Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations,” 7 June 2006.
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After months of delay, the council tasked by President Trump to review the FEMA released its final report. Our disaster policy nerds have thoughts.