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The Experience of Counterinsurgency Operations should not be Forgotten

Author(s): Roman Kopřiva
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT); Military Operations; Insurgency; Couterinsurgency; Conventional Warfare; International Security Assistance Force

Summary/Abstract: On the introduction, the article focuses on clarifying the place and role of counterinsurgency in current military operations. It also deals with the principles of counterinsurgency and their doctrinal comparison withins ome advanced armies and the NATO. The aim is to highlight some findings related to principles that should be changed, added in doctrine and incorporated into the training of the Czech Armed Forces troops. The result of the analysis and comparison of individual principles with own experience of the author from the mission in Afghanistan are recommendations given for the troop training in the theatre. The implementation of the proposed measures in preparation of the Czech Armed Forces units may improve the effectiveness of counterinsurgency in military operations.

  • Issue Year: 25/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 86-99
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech
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