Screen LibraryCounterinsurgency : exposing the myths of the new way of war /
Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs - monetary, political and moral - of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today's counterins...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs - monetary, political and moral - of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today's counterinsurgency proponents point to 'small wars' past to support their view that the enemy is 'biddable' if the correct tactical formulas are applied. Douglas Porch's sweeping history of counterinsurgency campaigns carried out by the three 'providential nations' of France, Britain and the United States, rangin |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [400]-416) and index. |
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9781107699847 (Paperback) 1107699843 (Paperback) 9781107027381 (Hardback) : 1107027381 (Hardback) |
| Index Number: | U240 |
| CLC: | E195 |
| Call Number: | E195/P833 |
| Contents: | A "happy combination of clemency with firmness": the small wars prologue -- The road from Sedan -- The paroxysms of imperial might in the shadow of the Great war -- From Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the World War II era -- From small wars to la guerre subversive: the radicalization and collapse of French counterinsurgency -- Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the American way of war -- "A conspiracy of heroes": revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America -- Building the "most successful counterinsurgency school": COIN as the British way of war -- Britain's Thirty Ye |