British Counterinsurgency

Informationen zum Autor John Newsinger is Professor of Modern History at Bath Spa University, UK, and is an acknowledged authority on George Orwell. He has published widely in a number of fields including British military and Imperial history. His books include Orwell's Politics and The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire . His work has been translated into French, Swedish, Portuguese and Italian. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: John Newsinger
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780230298248
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29824-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; B, History, History: specific events & topics, European History, military history, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Political History, Warfare and defence, World Politics, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, History of Military