The Counter-Insurgency Myth : The British Experience of Irregular Warfare

ISBN-13: 9780415667456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 216 str.

Andrew Mumford

Opis

This text examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences of irregular war in the post-war era, from Malaya up to the current Iraq war.

Recenzje

'...provides the reader with an impressive macro-level overview of the modern British counter-insurgency experience from Malaya to Iraq.' -- Rory Cormac, Defence Studies, 14(2), 2014

Spis treści

1. Evaluating the British Approach to Counter-Insurgency Since 1948  2. The Blueprint: Malaya, 1948-60  3. The Transfer: Kenya, 1952-60   4. The Turning Point: Aden & South Arabia, 1962-67  5. The Nadir: Northern Ireland, 1969–1979  6. The Culmination? Iraq, 2003-2009  7. Puncturing the Counter-Insurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present and Future

O autorze

Andrew Mumford as of September 2011, will be a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. He has previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield and Hull. He is the founding convenor of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Insurgencies and Small Wars working group, and is the Book Review Editor of the journal Civil Wars.