Counterinsurgency Here to Stay

The U.S. Army is turning away from counterinsurgency and looking forward to more conventional operations in the Pacific (and Middle East). Unfortunately, as much as the U.S. would like to leave counterinsurgency behind (the U.S. Army just closed the Army Irregular Warfare Center) the "small wars" will continue to loom over the horizon. Read more in "More Small Wars: Counterinsurgency Is Here to Stay", by Max Boot in Foreign Affairs, November December 2014 issue.