text: *FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5
  Field Manual Headquarters
  Department of the Army
  No.3-24
  Washington, DC
  Marine Corps Warfighting Publication Headquarters
  Marine Corps Combat Development Command
  No. 3-33.5
  Department of the Navy
  Headquarters
  United States Marine Corps
  Washington, DC
  13 May 2014
  Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE............................................................................................................... v
  INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. vii
  PART ONE STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL CONTEXT
  Chapter 1 UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC CONTEXT............................................ 1-1
  United States’ Strategy and Policy to Counter an Insurgency ........................... 1-4
  Land Forces and the Range of Military Operations ............................................ 1-6
  Legitimacy and Control ....................................................................................... 1-8
  Understanding Unified Action ........................................................................... 1-10
  Strategic Principles ........................................................................................... 1-19
  Chapter 2 UNDERSTANDING AN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ............................... 2-1
  Demographic and Urbanization Trends .............................................................. 2-1
  The Operational Variables .................................................................................. 2-2
  The Mission Variables and Civil Considerations .............................................. 2-10
  Chapter 3 CULTURE........................................................................................................... 3-1
  Understanding Culture ........................................................................................ 3-1
  Assessing a Cultural Situation ............................................................................ 3-2
  Organizing to Understand Culture ...................................................................... 3-4
  Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
  *This publication supersedes FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5, dated 15 December 2006.
  Marine Corps PCN: 143 000124 00