counterinsurgency
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8.5
- noun
- /ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜrdʒənsi/
- Specialized
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contrainsurgencia
- Before the Taliban takeover, the Afghan National Police did both traditional police work and had a role in counterinsurgency operations.
- counterinsurgency campaign
- counterinsurgency doctrine
- counterinsurgency operations
After three years of riots and pogroms and a brutal British LED counterinsurgency, we should say London gave way to much of Husseini's demands.
- After three years of riots and pogroms and a brutal British LED counterinsurgency, we should say London gave way to much of Husseini's demands.
- However, Israel said COIN you want counterinsurgency and they gave him a Lisco sledgehammer to the face.
Examples
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All this indicates that counterinsurgency efforts are very unlikely to succeed in the foreseeable future.
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From 1948 through 1960, the British army fought a counterinsurgency campaign in what was then called Malaya.
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The thing about counterinsurgency is that it doesn't really work.
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At the end of 2006, the Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual was published.
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For one thing, U.S. forces became more effective and discriminating in their counterinsurgency activities.
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In Afghanistan and Iraq, we have gained the essential skills for counterinsurgency and nation-building.
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Partially the work of General David Petraeus, it laid out the counterinsurgency doctrine that would change Iraq.
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Odierno implemented Obama's plan by shifting the mission of the remaining U.S. forces from counterinsurgency to stability operations.
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The SADF often observed that its counterinsurgency effort was only one-fifth military, the other four-fifths being political.
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The government implemented a comprehensive counterinsurgency plan to restore stability in the region.
Synonyms
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7.7
Government actions to stop armed groups and restore public order using force
Methods and plans for fighting guerrilla fighters
Antonyms
- Literature
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8.4
A planned action by a group, often using weapons or secret actions, to take control from the government
Surface Forms
Morphology
counterinsurgency = insurgency (transparent) = counter + insurgency
The word is a straightforward prefixation: 'counter' (against) + 'insurgency' (rebellion) meaning actions opposing an insurgency.
Etymology
Counterinsurgency is made from counter- meaning 'against' and insurgency, which comes from a root meaning 'to rise up' and is the same root as surge ('a sudden rise'). So, counterinsurgency means actions taken to work 'against' people who 'rise up' or rebel.