Doctrine of eternal recurrence : the U.S. military and counterinsurgency doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006
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Doctrine of eternal recurrence : the U.S. military and counterinsurgency doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006
(Rand counterinsurgency study, Paper ; 6)(Occasional paper, OP-200-OSD)
Rand National Defense Research Institute, 2008
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense"
"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-34)
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By comparing modern counterinsurgency doctrine and operations to those of 1960s, this paper tests and ultimately disproves the assumption that doctrine as written and operations as conducted are tightly linked. Ingrained organizational concepts and beliefs have a much greater influence on operations than written doctrine, and altering these beliefs will require the U.S. military to reorient itself mentally as well as physically.
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