David H. Ucko, Ph.D., researches counterinsurgency and civil wars. He is the author of The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars (Georgetown University Press, 2009) and the editor, with Mats Berdal, of Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict (Routledge, 2009).
21.Nov.2009 at 21 | David Ucko
Maj. Kenneth J. Burgess, U.S. Army, has an excellent piece in the latest issue of Military Affairs, where he discusses the possible changes that are needed to align U.S. Army force structure to the requirements of today’s operating environment. He cleverly flips the Army argument against force specialisation on its head by pointing out that [...]
22.Oct.2009 at 22 | David Ucko
I was really taken by this paper on Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Iraq, in which Colonel Fred Johnson talks about his 15-month tour as the Deputy Commander of 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) and comments on its configuration, as stands, for operations across the spectrum.
Certainly from the lay-out of its structure, and from anecdotal [...]
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