Counterinsurgency: FM 3-24

This field manual/Marine Corps warfighting publication establishes doctrine (fundamental principles) for militaryoperations in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment. It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgenciesand contemporary operations. It is also based on existing interim doctrine and doctrine recentlydeveloped.Counterinsurgency operations generally have been neglected in broader American military doctrine and nationalsecurity policies since the end of the Vietnam Wa...