Why Allies Rebel: Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars

ISBN-13: 9781108490108 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 370 str.

Barbara Elias

Opis

Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science.

Recenzje

'Barbara Elias wrestles with one of the primary dilemmas that has faced American counterinsurgency efforts since World War II, how to get local partners to cooperate in doing everything that has been deemed necessary for success in the campaign. She demonstrates that this has been a common problem for any intervening force in such situations, and presents some guidelines to determine the potential for local compliance. There is much to ponder in this well-researched study for both policy-makers and practitioners.' Conrad C. Crane, author of Cassandra in Oz: Counterinsurgency and Future War

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Why local allies defy or comply with requests from intervening allies; 3. Methodology: wars, documents and data; 4. The US in Iraq; 5. The US in Afghanistan; 6. The US in Vietnam; 7. India in Sri Lanka; 8. The USSR in Afghanistan; 9. When small states intervene; 10. Conclusion.