Australian Army Journal

AAJ - Volume V, Number 2, Winter 2008

Editorial

Introduction

Introduction by the Chief of Army
Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC

Historical Context

Australia's Counterinsurgencies: A Brief History
Jeff Grey

New Challenges and Old Concepts: Understanding 21st Century Insurgency
Steven Metz

Back to the Future: The Enduring Characteristics of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Lieutenant Colonel Mark O'Neill

Current Operations

Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldiering in Iraq
Lieutenant General David H Petraeus

Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point
Major Niel Smith and Colonel Sean Macfarland

Combating a Modern Insurgency: Combined Task Force Devil in Afghanistan
Colonel Patrick Donahue and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fenzel

Joint/Combined Arms

Not Quite Counterinsurgency: A Cautionary Tale for US Forces Based on Israel's Operation Change of Direction
Captain Daniel Helmer

Canadian Armour in Afghanistan
Major Trevor Cadieu, CD

Air Power's Illusion? Israel's 2006 Campaign in the Lebanon
Group Captain Neville Parton

Intellectual Challenges

On War: Lessons to be Learned
Colonel H R McMaster

Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors
Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely

Doctrine

Defeating Insurgencies: Adaptive Campaigning and an Australian Way of War
Lieutenant Colonel Trent Scott

Thoughts of a Practitioner: A Contribution to Australia's Counterinsurgency Doctrine Drafters
Major General Jim Molan

Task Force Ranger Vs. Urban Somali Guerrillas in Mogadishu: An Analysis of Guerrilla and Counterguerrilla Tactics and Techniques Used During Operation Gothic Serpent
Marshall V Ecklund

The Future

The Future of Insurgency
Ian Beckett

Milestones

In Memoriam

The Most Reverend John Aloysius Morgan
Major General A L Morrison

Notes For Contributors