FM 100-20: Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict

FM 100-20 Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict

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FM 100-20

Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict

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CHAPTER 1 F u n d a m e n t a l s o f LO W I n t e n s i t y C o n f l i c t This chapter outlines the role of military operations in low intensity conflict (LIC). It describes the environment of LIC and identifies imperatives which the military planner must consider. It describes the four major LIC operational categories—support for insurgences and counterinsurgencies; combatting terrorism; peacekeeping operations; and peacetime contingency operations. It also provides general guidance for campaign planning, and presents perspectives which are useful at the operational level. Subsequent chapters address the four major operational categories in detail. DEFINITION Low intensity conflict is a political-military confrontation between contending states or groups below conventional war and above the routine, peaceful competition among states.

DesignationFM 100-20

EditionUndated

StatusSuperseded

Pages155

FunctionDoctrine Philosophy

CollectionRecent Archive

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References 3

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