In this book, contributors from both sides of the Atlantic examine several key themes in the increasingly important subject of counter-insurgency. It assesses the lessons that contemporary policy makers and military practitioners can draw from historical and more recent experience.
In this book, contributors from both sides of the Atlantic examine several key themes in the increasingly important subject of counter-insurgency. It assesses the lessons that contemporary policy makers and military practitioners can draw from historical and more recent experience.
Tim Benbow and Rod Thornton are both lecturers in the Defence Studies Department of King's College, London and at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Tim Benbow is co-editor of Maritime Power in the 1990-91 Gulf War and the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia, and author of The Magic Bullet? Understanding the Revolution in Military Affairs. He is a research associate, and Honorary Fellow, of the School of Historical, Political and Social Studies at the University of Exeter. Rod Thornton is a regular guest lecturer on Terrorism at the NATO Defence School in Rome, and on Terrorism/Asymmetric Warfare at Southampton and Oxford Universities. He is the author of Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction Counter-Insurgency in the Middle East 2. Countering Arab Insurgencies: The British Experience 3. Orde Wingate and the Special Night Squads: A Feasible Policy for Counter-Terrorism? 4. The Strategic Information Campaign: Lessons from the British Experience in Palestine 1945-1948 Maritime and Air Power 5. The Blue, Green, and Brown: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency on the Water 6. Maritime Forces and Counter-Insurgency 7. Countering Insurgency from the Air: The Postwar Lessons 8. Air Power in Counter Insurgency: A Sophisticated Language or Blunt Expression? Military Reform 9. Rethinking US Army Counter-Insurgency Doctrine 10. Of Romans and Dragons: Preparing the US Marine Corps for Future Warfare The Multilateral Response 11. NATO and Counter-Insurgency: Strategic Liability or Tactical Test 12. The European Union and Counter-Insurgency: Capability, Credibility and Political Will 13. Staying the Course in 'Fourth-Generation Warfare': Persuasion, Perseverance in the Era of the Asymmetric Bargaining War 14. Conclusion: The way Forward
1. Introduction Counter-Insurgency in the Middle East 2. Countering Arab Insurgencies: The British Experience 3. Orde Wingate and the Special Night Squads: A Feasible Policy for Counter-Terrorism? 4. The Strategic Information Campaign: Lessons from the British Experience in Palestine 1945-1948 Maritime and Air Power 5. The Blue, Green, and Brown: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency on the Water 6. Maritime Forces and Counter-Insurgency 7. Countering Insurgency from the Air: The Postwar Lessons 8. Air Power in Counter Insurgency: A Sophisticated Language or Blunt Expression? Military Reform 9. Rethinking US Army Counter-Insurgency Doctrine 10. Of Romans and Dragons: Preparing the US Marine Corps for Future Warfare The Multilateral Response 11. NATO and Counter-Insurgency: Strategic Liability or Tactical Test 12. The European Union and Counter-Insurgency: Capability, Credibility and Political Will 13. Staying the Course in 'Fourth-Generation Warfare': Persuasion, Perseverance in the Era of the Asymmetric Bargaining War 14. Conclusion: The way Forward
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