Short answers, pulled from the story.
Counterinsurgency is the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces. This definition comes from NATO Standardization Agency documents published in 2006.
The third Marques of Santa Cruz de Marcenado wrote advice on rebellions between 1726 and 1730. His work Reflexiones Militares discussed spotting early signs of insurgency.
Dr. Lorenzo Zambernardi clarified tradeoffs involved in counterinsurgency operations in The Washington Quarterly published July 2010. He labeled the situation an impossible trilemma requiring choice between two goals out of three.
By end of 1951 some four hundred thousand ethnic Chinese moved into fortifications designated New Villages. The Strategic Hamlet Program used by US forces in South Vietnam mirrored British methods in Malaya.
Announced the 14th of January 2016 one thousand eight hundred soldiers from division Headquarters 2nd Brigade Combat Team deploy soon regular rotations Baghdad Erbil train advise Iraqi Army Kurdish Peshmerga forces expected move toward Mosul Islamic State de facto headquarters Defense Secretary Ash Carter told division soldiers preparing Iraqi ground troops expel group.