Gavin Bulloch
Although retired Bulloch was active in redrafting the British Army's countinsurgency doctrine in 2007 Described by the leader of the team Col. Alexander Alderson as the Army's 'pre-eminent doctrine writer'[1] he is associated with the Land Warfare Centre, where Alderson is also based.[2]
Views on counterinsurgency
- Brigadier Gavin Bulloch (British Army, Ret.), goes even further and suggests that, "Commanders should seek 'soft' methods of destroying the enemy; by arrest, physical isolation, or subversion, for example. The use of the minimum necessary force is a well-proven counterinsurgency lesson."(12) In other words, while engaging in OOTW [Operations Other Than War], military personnel may increasingly find themselves engaging what appear to be "law enforcement duties" -- actually, in furtherance of larger counterinsurgency goals.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Alderson, A. 'Revising the British Army's Counter-indurgency doctrine', RUSI Journal August 2007, 152(4)
- ↑ http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/05_Programme.doc
- ↑ "Military Doctrine and Counterinsurgency: A British Perspective," Brigadier Gavin Bulloch (British Army, Ret.), From Parameters, Summer 1996, pp. 4-16, Available on-line at: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/parameters/96summer/bulloch.htm, cited in Rules of Engagement; The Reality, not the movie... By C. L. Staten, Sr. National Security Analyst Emergency Response & Research Institute 28 November 2000
