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Uncomfortable wars revisited

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Threatened since the end of the Cold War by failing states, insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorism, the United States has been compelled to re-evaluate its traditional responses to global conflict. In this timely book, John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring present a much needed strategy for conducting unconventional warfare in an increasingly violent world. In the early 1990s, Manwaring introduced a new paradigm for addressing low-intensity conflicts, or conflicts other than major wars. Termed the Manwaring Paradigm or SWORD (Small Wars Operations Research Directorate) model, it has been tested successfully by scholars and practitioners and refined in the wake of new and significant "uncomfortable wars" around the world, most notably the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Uncomfortable Wars Revisited" broadens the definition of the original paradigm and applies it to specific situations, including counterinsurgency in El Salvador, Peru, and Somalia; the "Drug War" in Latin America; the invasion of Panama; the First Gulf War; and more broadly, terrorism in the United States and abroad.

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Threatened since the end of the Cold War by failing states, insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorism, the United States has been compelled to re-evaluate its traditional responses to global conflict. In this timely book, John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring present a much needed strategy for conducting unconventional warfare in an increasingly violent world. In the early 1990s, Manwaring introduced a new paradigm for addressing low-intensity conflicts, or conflicts other than major wars. Termed the Manwaring Paradigm or SWORD (Small Wars Operations Research Directorate) model, it has been tested successfully by scholars and practitioners and refined in the wake of new and significant "uncomfortable wars" around the world, most notably the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Uncomfortable Wars Revisited" broadens the definition of the original paradigm and applies it to specific situations, including counterinsurgency in El Salvador, Peru, and Somalia; the "Drug War" in Latin America; the invasion of Panama; the First Gulf War; and more broadly, terrorism in the United States and abroad.

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1.Introduction to the SWORD model -- 2. The reality of the contemporary global security environment : terrorism versus globalism -- 3. The central political challenge in the global security environment : governance and legitimacy -- 4. Strategic clarity -- 5. A populace-oriented model for reexamining contemporary threat and response -- 6. The "almost obvious" lessons of peace operations -- 7. Strategic vision and insurgency in El Salvador and Peru -- 8. Applying the "pillars of success" to the problem of homeland defense -- 9. Stragetic lessons of Italian terrorism -- 10. The principle of unity of effort : joint operations in Panama and the Gulf war -- 11. Confronting the "war on drugs" -- 12. The challenge of peace enforcement : Somalia -- 13. Taking the "enemy" into consideration : Colombia's three wars, plus one -- 14. Reflections on the SWORD model over two decades -- Afterword : Making and implementing policy based on the SWORD model, by Edwin G. Corr.