Instruments of Statecraft: US Guerrilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Counterterrorism 1940-1990

  As we consider Unconventional Warfare, Political Warfare, and Counter-Unconventional Warfare in the 21^st Century and look to operate in the strategic gap between peace and conflict or between diplomacy and war, this book looks at the US experience in the Cold War and provides many lessons for consideration.  Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerrilla Warfare, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, 1940-1990 by Michael McClintock, Pantheon Books, March 31, 1992.

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About This Project

Introduction

PART ONE: Cold War and Special Warfare

1. Interest, Intervention, and Containment
2. Toward a Doctrine of Special Warfare
3. The Legacy of World War II
4. Toward a New Counterinsurgency: Philippines, Laos, and Vietnam
5. Waging Unconventional Warfare: Guatemala, the Congo, and the Cubans

PART TWO: Camelot and Counterinsurgency

6. The Kennedy Crusade
7. The Apparatus in the Field
8. Edward Geary Lansdale and the New Counterinsurgency
9. The Heart of Doctrine
10. Counterterror and Counterorganization
11. Tactical Totalitarianism
12. The Problem of Ideology

PART THREE: Special Warfare and Low-lntensity Conflict

13. The Carter Years
14. Morning in America and the Special Warfare Revival
15. The Special Forces' Buildup
16. The Middle East Calls the Shots
17. Watching the Neighbors: Low-Intensity Conflict in Central America
18. An Un-American Way of War

Epilogue

© 2002 Michael McClintock