The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Rich, Paul B.; Duyvesteyn, Isabelle

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of the current state of academic analysis and debate, as well as an up-to-date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counterinsurgencies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136477652
• Artikelnr.: 38270130

Autorenporträt

Paul B. Rich is co-editor of the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies and author/editor of ten books. Isabelle Duyvesteyn is lecturer at the Department of History of International Relations at the Institute of History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and author/editor of three books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Study of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Part 1: Theoretical and Analytical Issues 2. The Historiography of Insurgency 3. Rethinking Insurgency 4. Changing forms of Insurgency: Pirates, Narco Gangs and Failed States? 5. Cyber Space and Insurgency 6. Whither Counterinsurgency: The Rise and Fall of a Divisive Concept 7. Peacekeeping and the Slippery Slope to Counterinsurgency 8. Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Policing 9. Intelligence-Gathering, Special Operations and Air-Strikes in Modern Counterinsurgency 10. Ethics of Counterinsurgency 11. Counterinsurgency: The State of a Controversial Art Part 2: Insurgent Movements 12. Insurgent Movements in Africa 13. Insurgent Movements in Iraq 14. Hezbollah and Hamas; Islamic Insurgents with Nationalist Causes 15. Insurgency in Southeast Asia 16. Insurgencies in India 17. Insurgency in Afghanistan 18. Insurgent Movements in Pakistan 19. Post-Cold War Counterinsurgency in Latin America Part 3: Counterinsurgency Cases 20. Trends in American Counterinsurgency 21. Israeli Counterinsurgency: The Never-ending 'Whack-a-Mole' 22. From Belfast to Laskkar via Basra; British Counterinsurgency Today 23. Counterinsurgency in a Non-Democratic State: The Russian Example 24. Counterinsurgency in India 25. Counterinsurgency in Sri Lanka; A Successful Model? 26. Counterinsurgency in Pakistan 27. China's Society-centric Counterterrorism Approach in Xinjiang 28. South African Counterinsurgency: A Historiographical Overview 29. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; Some Conclusions

Rezensionen

'This masterful handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and government counter-insurgency campaigns around the world.'- Joshua Sinai, 'Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism', Perspectives on Terrorism

'This will become an indispensable handbook for scholars and practitioners. Summing Up: Essential.'-- CHOICE