AU Monograph, Shortchanging the Joint Fight:An Airman’s Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine

By Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap

Book Id: WPLBN0002170124
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Reproduction Date: 10/11/2012

Title:	AU Monograph, Shortchanging the Joint Fight:An Airman’s Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine
Author:	Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Political Science, Military
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Gen. Charles J. Dunla, B. M. (n.d.). AU Monograph, Shortchanging the Joint Fight:An Airman’s Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Is America’s counterinsurgency (COIN) effort being shortchanged? Does a one-dimensional doctrine fail to exploit America’s full COIN potential? Would a genuinely joint approach provide better options to decision makers confronted with the harsh realities of twenty-first century insurgencies? This study insists the answers are unequivocally “yes.” It analyzes the pitfalls of accepting Army/Marine tactical doctrine as the joint solution. It also offers insights and ideas from an Airman’s perspective for strengthening joint COIN doctrine development in order to deliver fresh alternatives to our national decision-makers and combatant commanders.

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................iii INTRODUCTION ........................................1 FM 3-24’S GROUND-FORCE CONVENTIONALITY ......................................................8 COIN AND AN AIRMAN’S WAY OF THINKING .......................................................11 FM 3-24’S AIRPOWER MYTHS.....................18 CONSIDERATIONS FOR AIRMINDED COIN DOCTRINE ..........................................28 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS.................63 END NOTES ..........................................69