The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare: Warrior-Scholarship in Counter-Insurgency

ISBN-13: 9780367601300 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 176 str.

Andrew Mumford; Bruno Reis

Opis

This book explores the theoretical and practical contributions made by a selection of ‘warrior-scholars’ of different nationalities, providing a platform for deeper debate on the issue of counterinsurgency in warfare.

Recenzje

'...the qualities of the volume make it interesting for international relations theorists, military historians, policymakers, would be warrior-scholars, and anyone else who has an interest in understanding irregular warfare and the origins of counterinsurgency.' -- E-IR Journal

Spis treści

Introduction: Introducing Warrior Scholars, Carlos Gaspar  1. Constructing and Deconstructing Warrior-Scholars, Andrew Mumford and Bruno C.Reis  2. Warrior Scholarship in the Age of Colonial Warfare: Charles E. Callwell and Small Wars, Daniel Whittingham  3. David Galula and Roger Trinquier: Two Warrior-Scholars, One French Late Colonial Counterinsurgency?, Bruno C. Reis  4. Warrior-Scholars in the United States Marine Corps: From the Small Wars in the Caribbean to the ‘Three Block War’ and Beyond, David Strachan-Morris  5. A Very Sharp Eye: Moshe Dayan’s Counterinsurgency Legacy in Israel, Eitan Shamir  6. Low Intensity Operations in Theory and Practice: General Sir Frank Kitson as Warrior-Scholar, Huw Bennett and Rory Cormac  7. Warrior Scholarship in the Age of Globalised Insurgency: The Work of David Kilcullen, Andrew Mumford  8. Counterinsurgency American Style: David Petraeus and Twenty-First Century War, James A. Russell

O autorze

Andrew Mumford is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK, and author of The Counter-Insurgency Myth: British Irregular Warfare Since World War II (Routledge 2011).

Bruno C. Reis is a post-doctoral researcher at ICS, Lisbon and at King’s College, London, and has an PhD in War Studies (2008).