Why Allies Rebel - Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars

Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Why local allies defy or comply with requests from intervening allies; 3. Methodology: wars, documents and data; 4. The US in Iraq; 5. The US in Afghanistan; 6. The US in Vietnam; 7. India in Sri Lanka; 8. The USSR in Afghanistan; 9. When small states intervene; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Barbara Elias is Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College, Maine specializing in international relations, counterinsurgency warfare, national security, Islam and politics and US foreign policy. She was the Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan/Taliban Documentation Project at The National Security Archive in Washington DC.

Summary

Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science.

Foreword

Analysing thousands of policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Elias
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108748063
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74806-3
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Illustrations: 15 b/w illus. 27 tables, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, International Relations, International humanitarian law, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Public international law: humanitarian law