Robert M. Cassidy

by Robert M. Cassidy
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3. For an explanation of this rebirth, see Robert M. Cassidy, "Prophets or Praetorians: The Uptonian Paradox and the Powell Corollary," Parameters, 33 (Autumn 2003), 132-33.

4. For a lengthier explanation of counterinsurgency, small war, or asymmetric conflict, see Robert M. Cassidy, "Why Great Powers Fight Small Wars Badly," Military Review, 82 (September-October 2002), 43.For a definition of guerrilla insurgency, see Joes, p. 333.

5. For a short discussion on military culture and big-war preferences, see Robert M. Cassidy, Russia in Afghanistan and Chechnya: Military Strategic Culture and the Paradoxes of Asymmetric Conflict (Carlisle, Pa.: US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2003), pp.8, 54-60.

6. US Department of the Army, A Program for the Pacification and Long-Term Development of South Vietnam (Washington: Department of the Army, 1966), pp.
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Cassidy is a member of the US Army, Europe, Commanding General's Initiatives Group, in Heidelberg, Germany.He is a graduate of Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts), and holds an M.A. from Boston University and M.A.L.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.He has served in various leadership and staff positions, including S3, 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and as troop commander, 1-17 Cavalry, 82d Airborne Division.