Encyclopedia Of Insurgency And Counterinsurgency

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610692809

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Encyclopedia of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

A fascinating look at the insurgencies and counterinsurgencies throughout history with a concentration on the 20th and 21st centuries. This encyclopedia examines insurgencies—and the counterinsurgency efforts they prompt—through history, addressing military actions and the techniques and technologies employed in each conflict, significant insurgency leaders, and the leading theorists, with emphasis on the "small wars" of the 20th century and most recent decades. The clear, concise entries provide a breadth of coverage that ranges from the Maccabean Revolt in 168–143 BCE and the Peasants' Revolt in Germany in the 1500s to the American Revolutionary War and the ongoing insurgency in Syria. Readers will gain a solid understanding of how insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has played a key role in the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 21st century, and grasp how this important military strategy has evolved during modern times.

Author : Spencer Tucker
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610692793

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Encyclopedia of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency by Spencer Tucker Pdf

A fascinating look at the insurgencies and counterinsurgencies throughout history with a concentration on the 20th and 21st centuries. This encyclopedia examines insurgencies—and the counterinsurgency efforts they prompt—through history, addressing military actions and the techniques and technologies employed in each conflict, significant insurgency leaders, and the leading theorists, with emphasis on the "small wars" of the 20th century and most recent decades. The clear, concise entries provide a breadth of coverage that ranges from the Maccabean Revolt in 168–143 BCE and the Peasants' Revolt in Germany in the 1500s to the American Revolutionary War and the ongoing insurgency in Syria. Readers will gain a solid understanding of how insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has played a key role in the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 21st century, and grasp how this important military strategy has evolved during modern times.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216103172

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Encyclopedia of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

A fascinating look at the insurgencies and counterinsurgencies throughout history with a concentration on the 20th and 21st centuries. This encyclopedia examines insurgencies—and the counterinsurgency efforts they prompt—through history, addressing military actions and the techniques and technologies employed in each conflict, significant insurgency leaders, and the leading theorists, with emphasis on the "small wars" of the 20th century and most recent decades. The clear, concise entries provide a breadth of coverage that ranges from the Maccabean Revolt in 168–143 BCE and the Peasants' Revolt in Germany in the 1500s to the American Revolutionary War and the ongoing insurgency in Syria. Readers will gain a solid understanding of how insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has played a key role in the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 21st century, and grasp how this important military strategy has evolved during modern times.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428910355

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceptualizing Threat and Response by Anonim Pdf

Insurgency has existed throughout history but ebbed and flowed in strategic significance. Today the world has entered another period when insurgency is common and strategically significant. This is likely to continue for at least a decade, perhaps longer. As the United States confronts this threat, extrapolating old ideas, strategies, doctrine, and operational concepts is a recipe for ineffectiveness. Reconceptualization is needed. The strategic salience of insurgency for the United States is higher than it has been since the height of the Cold War. But insurgency remains challenging for the United States because two of its dominant characteristics--protractedness and ambiguity-- mitigate the effectiveness of the American military. Furthermore, the broader U.S. national security organization is not optimized for counterinsurgency support. Ultimately, a nation is only as good at counterinsurgency support as its weakest link, not its strongest. Existing American strategy and doctrine focus on national insurgencies rather than liberation ones. As a result, the strategy stresses selective engagement; formation of a support coalition if possible; keeping the American presence to a minimum level to attain strategic objectives; augmenting the regime's military, intelligence, political, informational, and economic capabilities; and, encouraging and shaping reform by the regime designed to address shortcomings and the root causes of the insurgency. The key to success is not for the U.S. military to become better at counterinsurgency, but for the U.S. military (and other elements of the government) to be skilled at helping local security and intelligence forces become effective at it.

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781440804250

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A History of Counterinsurgency by Gregory Fremont-Barnes Pdf

This two-volume history of counterinsurgency covers all the major and many of the lesser known examples of this widespread and enduring form of conflict, addressing the various measures employed in the attempt to overcome the insurgency and examining the individuals and organizations responsible for everything from counterterrorism to infrastructure building. How and when should counterinsurgency be pursued as insurgency is growing in frequency and, conversely, while conventional warfare continues to decline as a means by which political rivals seek to impose their will upon each other? What lessons from the past should today's policymakers, strategists, military leaders, and soldiers in the field keep in mind while facing off against 21st-century insurgents? This two-volume set offers a comprehensive history of modern counterinsurgency, covering the key examples of this widespread and enduring form of conflict. It identifies the political, military, social, and economic measures employed in attempting to overcome insurgency, examining the work of the individuals and organizations involved, demonstrating how success and failure dictated change from established policy, and carefully analyzing the results. Readers will gain valuable insight from the detailed assessments of the history of counterinsurgency that demonstrate which strategies have succeeded and which have failed—and why. After an introductory essay on the subject, each chapter provides historical background to the insurgency being addressed before focusing on the specific policies pursued and actions taken by the counterinsurgency force. Each section also provides an assessment of those operations, including in most cases an analysis of lessons learned and, where appropriate, their relevance to counterinsurgency operations today. The set's coverage spans modern counterinsurgencies from Europe to Asia to Africa since 1900 and includes the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan today. Its wide, international approach to the subject makes the set a prime resource for readers seeking specific information on a particular conflict or a better understanding of the general theories and practices of counterinsurgency.

Author : Celeste Ward Gventer,M.L.R Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137336941

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The New Counter-insurgency Era in Critical Perspective by Celeste Ward Gventer,M.L.R Smith Pdf

The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a critical reappraisal of counter-insurgency thinking.

Author : Beatrice Heuser,Eitan Shamir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107135048

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Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies by Beatrice Heuser,Eitan Shamir Pdf

A study of the evolving 'national styles' of conducting insurgencies and counter-insurgency, as influenced by transnational trends, ideas and practices.

Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1987-12-01
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 0312004494

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Armed Forces and Modern Counter-Insurgency by Ian F. W. Beckett Pdf

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 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, arguing that it is crucial to ground contemporary experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in a global framework. Unlike other studies that begin with the American and French revolutions, this book reaches back to antiquity to trace the pre-modern origins of war within states. Interweaving thematic and chronological narratives, Black probes the enduring linkages between beliefs, events, and people on the one hand and changes over time on the other hand. He shows the extent to which power politics, technologies, and ideologies have evolved, creating new parameters and paradigms that have framed both governmental and public views. Tracing insurgencies ranging from China to Africa to Latin America, Black highlights the widely differing military and political dimensions of each conflict. He weighs how, and why, lessons were “learned” or, rather, asserted, in both insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare. At every stage, he considers lessons learned by contemporaries, the ways in which norms developed within militaries and societies, and their impact on doctrine and policy. His sweeping study of insurrectionary warfare and its counterinsurgency counterpart will be essential reading for all students of military history.

Author : Ian Frederick William Beckett
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 0312049242

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Armed Forces & Modern Counter-insurgency by Ian Frederick William Beckett Pdf

Author : Paul B. Rich,Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0415567335

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The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency by Paul B. Rich,Isabelle Duyvesteyn Pdf

This handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of current academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, and an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counterinsurgencies. In recent years, and since insurgency in Iraq from 2003, academic interest in insurgency and counterinsurgency has substantially increased. These topics have become dominant themes on the security agenda, replacing peacekeeping, humanitarian operations and terrorism as key concepts. The aim of this volume is to showcase thinking available in area of insurgency and counterinsurgency studies and act as a guide for study and research. In order to contain this wide-ranging topic within an accessible, informative framework, the Editors have divided the text into three parts: Part I: Theoretical and Analytical Issues ; Part II: Insurgent Movements ; Part III: Counterinsurgency Cases. This handbook will be of interest to students of insurgency and small wars, terrorism/counter-terrorism, strategic studies, security studies and IR and professional military colleges and policymakers.

Author : Ian F. W. Beckett,John Pimlott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473813373

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Counter Insurgency by Ian F. W. Beckett,John Pimlott Pdf

An international study of counter-insurgency strategies, tactics, and techniques developed in warzones from Vietnam to Latin America and beyond. Insurgencies account for most of the modern world’s armed conflicts. Leading armies across the globe are constantly developing and adjusting counter-insurgency strategies based on experience in the field. Learning from this experience is essential to ongoing peacekeeping effort. Editors Ian Beckett and John Pimlott brought together a team of expert contributors who provided an international overview of counter-insurgency strategies and techniques as they were perceived and put into practice a generation ago. Each chapter considers a different army and describes its reaction to insurgency, its operations in the field and the thinking behind its counter-insurgency strategy. Changes made in strategy and tactics in response to shifting circumstances and new threats are given particular attention.

Author : David Galula
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : OCLC:946457164

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Counter-insurgency Warfare by David Galula Pdf

Author : Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1482247658

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb Pdf

A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It also reassesses some of the latent and burgeoning insurgent organizations and networks around the globe and suggests alternative approaches to understanding insurgency, counterinsurgency, and conventional and asymmetric warfare as they relate to insurgency and counterinsurgency. This book makes significant contributions to international and interdisciplinary discussions regarding the seminal features of insurgency and counterinsurgency in modern warfare. It also relates topics with terrorism in the post-9/11 era, including the historical roots of insurgency, radicalism in Europe, and regional radical groups like al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. It emphasizes how issues around insurgency, counterinsurgency, and terrorism permeate or evolve into particular forms of warfare, military operations, and related governmental activities. Using a diversified lens of analysis, the chapters illustrate key elements that spawn insurgency such as insurgents’ beliefs, motivations, aims, leadership characteristics, recruitment methods, operations planning, and responses to state and non-state efforts to contain insurgency. The book also examines how certain terrorist and insurgent operations can remain in the shadows and become secret wars beneath the growing surface threats they pose to the societies in which they breed activity. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War takes a unique look at a subject that has become widely studied and written about in reaction to modern terrorism and insurgency. It analyzes conditions under which insurgency and counterinsurgency occur from nuanced perspectives that have not previously received full consideration.

Author : Seth G. Jones
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833041333

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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan by Seth G. Jones Pdf

This study explores the nature of the insurgency in Afghanistan, the key challenges and successes of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency campaign, and the capabilities necessary to wage effective counterinsurgency operations. By examining the key lessons from all insurgencies since World War II, it finds that most policymakers repeatedly underestimate the importance of indigenous actors to counterinsurgency efforts. The U.S. should focus its resources on helping improve the capacity of the indigenous government and indigenous security forces to wage counterinsurgency. It has not always done this well. The U.S. military-along with U.S. civilian agencies and other coalition partners-is more likely to be successful in counterinsurgency warfare the more capable and legitimate the indigenous security forces (especially the police), the better the governance capacity of the local state, and the less external support that insurgents receive.