Counterinsurgency

Author : David Kilcullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199746257

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Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen Pdf

David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a dramatic success. In Counterinsurgency, Kilcullen brings together his most salient writings on this vitally important topic. Here is a picture of modern warfare by someone who has had his boots on the ground in some of today's worst trouble spots-including Iraq and Afghanistan-and who has been studying counterinsurgency since 1985. Filled with down-to-earth, common-sense insights, this book is the definitive account of counterinsurgency, indispensable for all those interested in making sense of our world in an age of terror.

Author : Network of Concerned Anthropologists. Steering Committee
Publisher : Paradigm
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0979405750

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The Counter-counterinsurgency Manual by Network of Concerned Anthropologists. Steering Committee Pdf

At a moment when the U.S. military decided it needed cultural expertise as much as smart bombs to prevail in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon s "Counterinsurgency Field Manual" offered a blueprint for mobilizing anthropologists for war. "The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual" critiques that strategy and offers a blueprint for resistance. Written by the founders of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists, the "Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual" explores the ethical and intellectual conflicts of the Pentagon s Human Terrain System; argues that there are flaws in the "Counterinsurgency Field Manual" (ranging from plagiarism to a misunderstanding of anthropology); probes the increasing militarization of academic knowledge since World War II; identifies the next frontiers for the Pentagon s culture warriors; and suggests strategies for resisting the deformation and exploitation of anthropological knowledge by the military. This is compulsory reading for anyone concerned that the human sciences are losing their way in an age of empire."

Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107027381

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Counterinsurgency by Douglas Porch Pdf

Controversial new history of counterinsurgency which challenges its claims as an effective strategy of waging war.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442256330

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency by Jeremy Black Pdf

This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Jeremy Black moves beyond the conventional Western-centric narrative, reaching back to antiquity to trace the pre-modern origins of war within states. His sweeping study will be essential reading for all students of military history.

Author : Roger Trinquier
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : France
ISBN : 9781428916890

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Modern Warfare by Roger Trinquier Pdf

Author : Hannah Gurman
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595588432

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Hearts and Minds by Hannah Gurman Pdf

The first book of its kind, Hearts and Minds is a scathing response to the grand narrative of U.S. counterinsurgency, in which warfare is defined not by military might alone but by winning the "hearts and minds" of civilians. Dormant as a tactic since the days of the Vietnam War, in 2006 the U.S. Army drafted a new field manual heralding the resurrection of counterinsurgency as a primary military engagement strategy; counterinsurgency campaigns followed in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite the fact that counterinsurgency had utterly failed to account for the actual lived experiences of the people whose hearts and minds America had sought to win. Drawing on leading thinkers in the field and using key examples from Malaya, the Philippines, Vietnam, El Salvador, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Hearts and Minds brings a long-overdue focus on the many civilians caught up in these conflicts. Both urgent and timely, this important book challenges the idea of a neat divide between insurgents and the populations from which they emerge—and should be required reading for anyone engaged in the most important contemporary debates over U.S. military policy.

Author : John Nagl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313077036

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Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John Nagl Pdf

Armies are invariably accused of preparing to fight the last war. Nagl examines how armies learn during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared in organization, training, and mindset. He compares the development of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice in the Malayan Emergency from 1948-1960 with that developed in the Vietnam Conflict from 1950-1975, through use of archival sources and interviews with participants in both conflicts. In examining these two events, he argues that organizational culture is the key variable in determining the success or failure of attempts to adapt to changing circumstances. Differences in organizational culture is the primary reason why the British Army learned to conduct counterinsurgency in Malaya while the American Army failed to learn in Vietnam. The American Army resisted any true attempt to learn how to fight an insurgency during the course of the Vietnam Conflict, preferring to treat the war as a conventional conflict in the tradition of the Korean War or World War II. The British Army, because of its traditional role as a colonial police force and the organizational characteristics that its history and the national culture created, was better able to quickly learn and apply the lessons of counterinsurgency during the course of the Malayan Emergency. This is the first study to apply organizational learning theory to cases in which armies were engaged in actual combat.

Author : Robert Egnell,David H. Ucko
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231535410

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Counterinsurgency in Crisis by Robert Egnell,David H. Ucko Pdf

Long considered the masters of counterinsurgency, the British military encountered significant problems in Iraq and Afghanistan when confronted with insurgent violence. In their effort to apply the principles and doctrines of past campaigns, they failed to prevent Basra and Helmand from descending into lawlessness, criminality, and violence. By juxtaposing the deterioration of these situations against Britain's celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency, this investigation identifies both the contributions and limitations of traditional tactics in such settings, exposing a disconcerting gap between ambitions and resources, intent and commitment. Building upon this detailed account of the Basra and Helmand campaigns, this volume conducts an unprecedented assessment of British military institutional adaptation in response to operations gone awry. In calling attention to the enduring effectiveness of insurgent methods and the threat posed by undergoverned spaces, David H. Ucko and Robert Egnell underscore the need for military organizations to meet the irregular challenges of future wars in new ways.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 0160873363

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U.S. Army counterinsurgency and contingency operations doctrine, 1942-1976 (Paperbound) by Anonim Pdf

Examines the nature of counterinsurgency and nation-building missions, the institutional obstacles inherent in dealing effectively with such operations, and the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. doctrine, including the problems that can occur when that doctrine morphs into dogma.

Author : John D. Kelly,Beatrice Jauregui,Sean T. Mitchell,Jeremy Walton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226429953

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Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency by John D. Kelly,Beatrice Jauregui,Sean T. Mitchell,Jeremy Walton Pdf

Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U.S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting intense ethical and scholarly debate. Inspired by these issues, the essays in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and they articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations. This book investigates the shifting boundaries between military and civil state violence; perceptions and effects of American power around the globe; the history of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice; and debate over culture, knowledge, and conscience in counterinsurgency. These wide-ranging essays shed new light on the fraught world of Pax Americana and on the ethical and political dilemmas faced by anthropologists and military personnel alike when attempting to understand and intervene in our world.

Author : Felicity D. Scott
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781935408734

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Outlaw Territories by Felicity D. Scott Pdf

"Traces the relations of architecture and urbanism to forms of human unsettlement and territorial insecurity during the 1960s and 70s"--Dust jacket.

Author : John Newsinger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137316868

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British Counterinsurgency by John Newsinger Pdf

British Counterinsurgency challenges the British Army's claim to counterinsurgency expertise. It provides well-written, accessible and up-to-date accounts of the post-1945 campaigns in Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus, South Yemen, Dhofar, Northern Ireland and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Author : Daniel L. Douek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 9781849048804

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Africa by Daniel L. Douek Pdf

South Africa's transition to democracy took place against a backdrop of shadow war between the apartheid regime's counterinsurgency forces and the African National Congress' armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). This book analyses in unprecedented detail the hidden history of MK's struggle and its contribution to South Africa's liberation, while exposing new dimensions of clandestine apartheid-era violence. Drawing on interviews with former MK guerrillas, Daniel Douek traces the evolution of MK's operations across southern Africa from the 1960s, culminating in the 1990-4 negotiations between the ANC and the white supremacist regime. As political violence escalated, the battle waged in the shadows became nothing less than a struggle to shape South Africa's future. Counterinsurgency forces recruited spies, deployed death squads, engaged in psychological warfare, and targeted ANC leaders, including MK chief Chris Hani. Even once ANC elites had come to power, apartheid counterinsurgency operations continued to undermine South Africa's new democracy by marginalizing MK guerrillas within the 'new' security forces, leaving legacies of violence and instability still felt today.

Author : Russell W. Glenn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317592761

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Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency by Russell W. Glenn Pdf

This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address current shortfalls. The author argues that current approaches to countering insurgency rely too heavily on conflicts from the post-World War II years of waning colonialism. Campaigns conducted over half a century ago – Malaya, Aden, and Kenya among them – remain primary sources on which the United States, British, Australian, and other militaries build their guidance for dealing with insurgent threats, this though both the character of those threats and the conflict environment are significantly different than was the case in those earlier years. This book addresses the resulting inconsistencies by offering insights, analysis, and recommendations drawn from campaigns more applicable to counter-insurgency today. Eight post-colonial conflicts; to include Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Colombia and Iraq; provide the basis for analysis. All are examples in which counterinsurgents attained or continue to demonstrate considerable progress when taking on enterprises better known for disaster and disappointment. Recommendations resulting from these analyses challenge entrenched beliefs to serve as the impetus for essential change. Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency will be of much interest to students of counter-insurgencies, military and strategic studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Daniel E Agbiboa
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472038923

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Mobility, Mobilization, and Counter/Insurgency by Daniel E Agbiboa Pdf

Mobility as the driving force of armed conflict