Missed Opportunity? Was Iran’s Green Movement an Unconventional Warfare Option? - Softcover

United States Army Command And General Staff College

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511666986 ISBN 13: 9781511666985

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Following the disputed 2009 Iranian Presidential elections, the Green Movement demonstrated reformist insurgency potential. Capable movement leadership mobilized resistance groups, tempered participant violence, and espoused objectives compatible with strategic US interests. Despite undisputed constitutional authority, Supreme Leader Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ vicious response to protests highlighted systemic weaknesses vulnerable to non-violent political struggle. Could the United States have capitalized on the Green Movement’s activities after the 2009 presidential election to coerce change in the Iranian government advantageous to US interests? This thesis applied a hybrid doctrinal Unconventional Warfare (UW) feasibility criteria and social movement theory to examine Green Movement sponsorship potential. Research concluded successful insurgency criteria and existing regional mechanisms provided the United States Government with UW options.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511666986
• ISBN 13: 9781511666985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100