This book shows counterinsurgencies are conservative worldmaking projects: attempts to reimagine the world in response to insurrection. MacKay traces the emergence of these ideas from early modernity, as they changed over successive conflicts and periods, focusing on military manuals as records of practice, varying with the status quo they defend.
This book shows counterinsurgencies are conservative worldmaking projects: attempts to reimagine the world in response to insurrection. MacKay traces the emergence of these ideas from early modernity, as they changed over successive conflicts and periods, focusing on military manuals as records of practice, varying with the status quo they defend.
Joseph MacKay is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. He works on historical international security, international hierarchies, and the history of international thought.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Counterrevolutionary war, early modernity to present 3. Johann Ewald in America 4. C. E. Callwell and the British empire 5. David Galula in Algeria 6. Field manual 3-24 and the Iraq war 7. Conclusion References.
1. Introduction 2. Counterrevolutionary war, early modernity to present 3. Johann Ewald in America 4. C. E. Callwell and the British empire 5. David Galula in Algeria 6. Field manual 3-24 and the Iraq war 7. Conclusion References.
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