| ID | 074925 |
| Title Proper | Long small war |
| Other Title Information | indigenous forces for counterinsurgency |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cassidy, Robert M |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The United States and its partners are prosecuting a protracted war against insurgents and terrorists who are animated by an ideology stemming from a radical fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. As of early 2006, the American national security bureaucracy began to use the appellation the "long war" in place of the Global War on Terrorism. At least one document describes this long war as the defining struggle of our generation, one that shifts emphasis from large-scale conventional military operations to small-scale counterinsurgency operations. The long war may last for decades. |
| `In' analytical Note | Parameters Vol. 36, No. 2; Summer 2006: p47-62 |
| Journal Source | Parameters Vol: 36 No 2 |
| Key Words | United States ; Long War ; War on Terrorism ; Counterinsurgency |