Networks of Rebellion - Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse

Informationen zum Autor Paul Staniland is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Codirector of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. Klappentext Paul Staniland is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Codirector of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. Zusammenfassung Paul Staniland explains why insurgent leaders differ so radically in their ability to build strong organizations and why the cohesion of armed groups changes over time during conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Organizing Insurgency Part I. Theorizing Rebellion 2. Insurgent Origins 3. Insurgent Change Part II. Comparative Evidence from South Asia 4. Azad and Jihad: Trajectories of Insurgency in Kashmir 5. Organizing Rebellion in Afghanistan 6. Explaining Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka Part III. Extensions and Implications 7. "Peasants and Commissars": Communist Tides in Southeast Asia 8. Insurgency, War, and Politics

Product details

• Authors: Paul Staniland
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2014
• EAN: 9780801479298
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7929-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education