Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies
National Styles and Strategic Cultures
- Editors:
- Beatrice Heuser, University of Reading
- Eitan Shamir, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- Date Published: January 2017
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316501009
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This book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Leading scholars examine the ways of war of particular insurgent movements, and the standard operational procedures of states and occupation forces to suppress them. Through case studies ranging from British, American and French counterinsurgency to the IRA and the Taliban, they show how 'national styles' evolve, influenced by transnational trends, ideas and practices. They examine whether we can identify a tendency to resort to a particular pattern of fighting and, if so, whether this is dictated by constants such as geography and climate, or by the available options, or else whether there exists a particular 'strategic culture' or 'national style'. Their findings show that 'national style' is not eternal but can undergo fundamental transformations.
Read more- Provides an up-to-date resource for diplomats, journalists and students needing to research current conflicts
- Challenges the concept of eternal 'ways of war', leading to a more nuanced analysis of the fighting styles of insurgent movements and states
- Thirteen case studies highlight the patterns and differences in conflicts across regions, cultures and periods of time
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'Over the last decades, so large has the literature on insurgency and counterinsurgency become that, had it been loaded on the Titanic, that ship would have sunk without any help from the iceberg. If any book on these subjects deserves to survive such an event, then it is this one.' Martin van Creveld, Professor Emeritus, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
See more reviews'This is an important book at a critical time. Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies lays a strong foundation for thinking about an abiding form of conflict. As budget pressures, the perception of war weariness in the West, and fascination with military technology encourage a reductionist vision of future war, the contributors of this book remind readers of war's immanent political and human nature. Those charged with crafting strategic responses to complex problems such as the political and humanitarian catastrophe in the Greater Middle East might start with the conclusions that Heuser and Shamir draw from these superb essays.' Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, National Security Advisor
'This is an important book focussing on, and employing, concepts that scholars and governments neglect at their peril.' Colin S. Gray, Professor Emeritus of Strategic Studies, University of Reading
'… clearly written with a purpose in mind … should be on the reading list for anyone seeking broad historical context to the study of insurgencies.' Thomas McDermott, The Strategy Bridge
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- Date Published: January 2017
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316501009
- length: 396 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.55kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: national style and strategic culture Beatrice Heuser and Jeannie Johnson
Part I. Coin Strategies:
2. True to form? Questioning British counterinsurgency tradition Robert Egnell and David Ucko
3. French counterinsurgency in the era of the Algerian Wars, 1830–1962 Jacques Frémeaux and Bruno Reis
4. Russian counterinsurgency in perspective Stephen Blank
5. Crackdown: insurgency, potential insurgency and counterinsurgency in modern China Yitzhak Shichor
6. You go to COIN with the military you have: the United States and 250 years of irregular war David E. Johnson
7. From fighting 'francs-tireurs' to genocide: German counterinsurgency in the Second World War Henning Pieper
8. Israel's counterinsurgency experience Efraim Inbar and Eitan Shamir
Part II. Insurgency Strategies:
9. National liberation, Algerian style? Jacques Frémeaux
10. Irish Republican insurgency and terrorism, 1969–2007 Jim Storr
11. The evolution of Palestinian resistance Carmit Valensi
12. The Taliban Rob Johnson
Part III. Interaction:
13. Guerrilla and counter-guerrilla Greece: tradition and change Spyridon Plakoudas
14. Syria: insurrection and suppression 2011–13 Eyal Zisser
15. Beyond national styles: towards a connected history of Cold War counterinsurgency Elie Tenenbaum
16. Universal toolbox, national styles, or divergence of civilisations? Beatrice Heuser and Eitan Shamir
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