Any Quote by H. R. McMaster

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

— John Abizaid

“Thus counterinsurgency is at heart an adaptation battle: a struggle to rapidly develop and learn new techniques and apply them in a fast-moving, high-threat…

— David Kilcullen

Counterinsurgencies are a political initiative with a military component. They require the regime in power to counter the insurgents with better governance.

— Jake Auchincloss

Just in time for the renewal of the war debate in Congress, the University of Chicago Press has released The U.S. Army / Marine…

— David L. Ulin

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

— Rahm Emanuel

“How to measure progress has never been satisfactorily answered. In counterinsurgency almost no simple metrics used in a vacuum, such as the number of…

— Douglas Grindle

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu

What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu

“...much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety.”

— Sebastian Junger

“Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military operations are…

— H.R. McMaster

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is…

— John O. Brennan