Counter-Insurgency Myth - The British Experience of Irregular Warfare

Zusatztext '...provides the reader with an impressive macro-level overview of the modern British counter-insurgency experience from Malaya to Iraq.' -- Rory Cormac! Defence Studies! 14(2)! 2014 Informationen zum Autor Andrew Mumford as of September 2011, will be a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. He has previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield and Hull. He is the founding convenor of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Insurgencies and Small Wars working group, and is the Book Review Editor of the journal Civil Wars . Klappentext This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of the British experiences of irregular war in the post-war era, from Malaya up to the current Iraq war. Zusammenfassung This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of the British experiences of irregular war in the post-war era, from Malaya up to the current Iraq war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Evaluating the British Approach to Counter-Insurgency Since 1948 2. The Blueprint: Malaya, 1948-60 3. The Transfer: Kenya, 1952-60 4. The Turning Point: Aden & South Arabia, 1962-67 5. The Nadir: Northern Ireland, 1969–1979 6. The Culmination? Iraq, 2003-2009 7. Puncturing the Counter-Insurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present and Future

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Mumford, Mumford Andrew
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415667456
• ISBN: 978-0-415-66745-6
• Seiten: 216
• Serie: Cass Military Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Politics & government, Politics and government