Download or read book U. S. Army's Inability to Embrace Irregular Warfare written by Christopher F. Fowler and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper will examine the evolution of US Army counterinsurgency doctrine from the Vietnam War to the current edition of FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency developed during the Iraq War. It will examine the peacekeeping and stability operations that the United States conducted in El Salvador, Haiti, Somalia and Bosnia to analyze the lessons learned, and how those lessons drove the development of doctrine. It will also examine the Army's tendency to under develop stability and counterinsurgency doctrine in favor of conventional warfare doctrine and the effect that has had on operations. It is not the aim of this paper to advocate that the US Army focus solely on fighting irregular and counterinsurgency warfare, but to advocate that the US Army prepare for multiple forms of warfare through clear thinking about warfare and the development of relevant doctrine and training. The United States must be prepared to fight the type of warfare that presents itself, not the type of warfare it wants to fight. As military professionals, we must continue to develop and improve our doctrine and training in all forms of warfare."--Introduction.